TY  - BOOK
AU  - Santow,Leonard Jay
AU  - Santow,Mark E.
TI  - Social security and the middle-class squeeze: fact and fiction about America's entitlement programs 
SN  - 0275988813 : HRD
AV  - HD7125 .S26 2005
U1  - 368.4/3/00973 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Praeger Publishers
KW  - Social security
KW  - United States
KW  - Medicare
KW  - Medicaid
KW  - Entitlement spending
KW  - Middle class
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005017485.html
ER  -