Santow, Leonard Jay. <br/><br/>
Social security and the middle-class squeeze :  fact and fiction about America's entitlement programs / 
Leonard J. Santow and Mark E. Santow ; foreword byHenry Kaufman. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Praeger Publishers,  c2005. 
 - xiii, 216 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index. 
<br/><br/>A practitioner and a historian combine ideas -- Government and the promise of American life -- The middle class and the American dream -- Explaining and analyzing are not enough -- New ways to look at social security, Medicare and Medicaid -- Misconceptions and myths about social security -- Government cannot legislate investment success -- Big budget deficits--not good for stocks and privatization -- Let's talk politics -- Forecasting by the trustees--flaws and recommendations -- Social security around the world -- Some parting thoughts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0275988813 : HRD  $34.95 9780275988814 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Greenwood Pub Group, C/O Harcourt Education 465 S Lincoln Dr, Troy, MO, USA, 63379, (203)2263571-3352 SAN 210-5829 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005017485 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social security--United States.<br/>Medicare.<br/>Medicaid.<br/>Entitlement spending--United States.<br/>Middle class--Economic conditions.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD7125  / .S26 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>368.4/3/00973