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An American Philosophy of Social Security - Evolution and Issues (Paperback)
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An American Philosophy of Social Security - Evolution and Issues (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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Is our system of social security, which involves an annual
dispersement of thirty billion dollars, as effective and as
equitable as it might be? J. Douglas Brown's analysis of the
policies of this program and the philosophy on which it was built
offers insights into its relation to our social and political
systems. He was one of a small number of people who drafted the
original Social Security program enacted in 1935. He views a
national welfare system as a necessary adjunct to our national
system of social insurance (Social Security, Medicare, etc.) and
fears that without it the role of social insurance to prevent
dependency may be distorted. Social insurance, according to Dr.
Brown, should extend normal self-sufficiency when contingencies
interrupt income normally received, whereas public assistance
should remain distinct from social insurance and protect those
unable to support themselves. Dr. Blown also addresses himself to
the questions of graduated income as a source of social insurance
revenues, determination of benefits as related to an individual's
imputed needs based on his average earnings, and permanent vesting
of pension credits accrued under private programs. The most urgent
need is tor a better distribution of health services to alleviate a
situation in which doctors are seemingly more concerned with
preserving an obsolete but lucrative system of compensation than
with cooperating to reorganize an essential service. Originally
published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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