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100 1 $aSantow, Leonard Jay.
245 10 $aSocial security and the middle-class squeeze :$bfact and fiction about America's entitlement programs /$cLeonard J. Santow and Mark E. Santow ; foreword by Henry Kaufman.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bPraeger Publishers,$c2005.
300 $axiii, 216 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index.
505 0 $aA 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 -- History and direction of 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.
650 0 $aSocial security$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMedicare.
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650 0 $aEntitlement spending$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMiddle class$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions.
700 1 $aSantow, Mark E.,$d1967-
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