53891. The Politics of Reforming Social Security
- Author:
- R. Douglas Arnold
- Publication Date:
- 07-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- R. DOUGLAS ARNOLD analyzes the political difficulties in reforming Social Security in the absence of a short-term crisis. He argues that the chief political problem is to find a way to impose short-term costs on current taxpayers when the benefits of advance funding are exclusively long-term for future retires.
- Topic:
- Politics, Reform, and Social Security
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America