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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Álvarez, Jacob T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, [2011]
Colección:Social issues, justice and status series.
Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series.
Temas:
Social security > United States.
Sécurité sociale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Social security
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SOCIAL SECURITY: BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND PROPOSALS
  • SOCIAL SECURITY: BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND PROPOSALS
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • SOCIAL SECURITY: THE TRUST FUND
  • SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HOW THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM IS FINANCED
  • THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AS A DESIGNATED ACCOUNT
  • Social Security Trust Fund Revenues
  • Social Security Trust Fund Costs
  • Social Security Trust Fund Operations
  • Investment of the Social Security Trust Fund
  • The Social Security Trust Fund and the Federal Budget
  • On-Budget versus Off-Budget
  • THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AS ACCUMULATED HOLDINGS The Social Security Trust Fund and the Level of Federal Debt
  • The Social Security Trust Fund and Federal Default
  • The Social Security Trust Fund and Benefit Payments
  • End Notes
  • SOCIAL SECURITY: TRUST FUND INVESTMENT PRACTICES
  • SUMMARY
  • BACKGROUND
  • ISSUES
  • End Notes
  • SOCIAL SECURITY, SAVING, AND THE ECONOMY
  • SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SAVING AND THE ECONOMY
  • EXPLAINING HOUSEHOLD SAVING
  • Life Cycle Saving
  • Precautionary Saving
  • Recent Trends in Household SavingSOCIAL SECURITY AND HOUSEHOLD SAVING
  • SAVING AND SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
  • Fully Funded vs. Pay As You Go
  • Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution
  • Investing the Trust Fund in Private Securities
  • End Notes
  • SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST: HOW EARNINGS AFFECT BENEFITS
  • SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
  • CURRENT LAW
  • Social Security Worker and Auxiliary Benefits
  • The RET Applies to Beneficiaries below the Social Security Full Retirement Age
  • The RET Reduces Social Security Benefits The RET Exempt Amounts
  • Grace Year
  • The RET May Affect Social Security Benefits Received by Spouses, Survivors and Other Dependents
  • Dually Entitled Beneficiaries
  • BENEFITS WITHHELD UNDER THE RET ARE RESTORED STARTING AT FRA
  • WORKER BENEFICIARIES WITH EARNINGS IN 2006
  • APPLICATION OF THE RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST
  • POLICY ISSUES
  • The RET and Work Incentives
  • The RET and Incentives to Claim Social Security Benefits
  • The RET, Retirement Security and Early Benefit Claims
  • Other Policy Issues
  • FINANCIAL EFFECT OF REPEALING THE RET ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDAPPENDIX A. COMPUTATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIRED-WORKER BENEFIT
  • Adjustment to Benefits Claimed before or after FRA
  • APPENDIX B. SOCIAL SECURITY AUXILIARY BENEFITS (BENEFITS FOR THE WORKERâ€?S FAMILY MEMBERS)
  • Maximum Family Benefit Amount
  • APPENDIX C. ANNUAL EXEMPT AMOUNTS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST, CALENDAR YEARS 2000-2010
  • End Notes
  • SOCIAL SECURITY: RAISING OR ELIMINATING THE TAXABLE EARNINGS BASE
  • SUMMARY
  • BACKGROUND

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