Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Society and Culture: Politics: Issues: Social Security
See also: - Background information and links on Social Security. - Archive of reports and analysis about reforming Social Security in the U.S., going back to 1995. - A clearinghouse of articles and studies on the US social security system, including how it works, proposals for changes, accomplishments, solvency, and related statistics. - State and local government employees should be allowed to preserve retirement security through retirement plans not included under Social Security. - EBRI's Social Security research program concerning taxes, benefits, and private accounts. - IIASA's social security reform project. Social security reform from an international perspective. Includes issue papers on social security in Austria, China, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine. - Current issues and reforms in social insurance policy in these countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America. - Portal provides information, news, data and analysis on social security developments. - Overview of Social Security and its associated issues. - A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of social experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. Promotes informed policymaking on social insurance through research, education, training, and open exchange of ideas. - Seniors group outlines their positions on Social Security and Medicare issues. - Social Security in Japan. - Philippines' Social Security System. - Advocate for Social Security reform, criticizes effect of taxation on retirees and Ticket-to-Work program. - Aims to contribute to the financial security of Quebeckers and to inform the population of the importance of financial planning for retirement. - Senior Journal for news, information and opinion on Social Security reform. - Financial history and projections for the Social Security trust funds. Automatic annual increases in Social Security and SSI amounts. - Official US government site for the Social Security Administration, with news, trends, budget, publications, and comparison with systems in more than 170 countries. - Design your own solutions to Social Security's financial problems with this tool from the American Academy of Actuaries. - Describing how Social Security works, the nature of the problem it faces, and a discussion of possible reforms. - Information on the current government agenda. - Dr. Maya Rockeymoore explains that President Bush's plans for Social Security amount to a raw deal for African-Americans. (December 16, 2004) - Casts a skeptical eye at the very assumptions made that Social Security is in deep trouble or needs to be severely changed. (December 04, 2004) - Urban Institute article detailing the history of Social Security, and inequities of the present system. (November 01, 2002)
