Retiring in America: Why the United States needs a new kind of social security for the new millennium

Authors
Nickles, D
Citation
D. Nickles, Retiring in America: Why the United States needs a new kind of social security for the new millennium, HARV J LEG, 36(1), 1999, pp. 77-114
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Law
Journal title
HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION
ISSN journal
0017808X → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
77 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-808X(199924)36:1<77:RIAWTU>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Proposals to reform the ailing Social Security system abound In this Essay, Senator Nickles plats the Social Security debate in context by discussing the history of the program and past efforts at reform. Senator Nickles argu es that minor adjustments to the system have proven ineffectual and urges C ongress to act quickly to implement a neu: fully-funded system through the use of private markets.