November 23, 2010
An encore briefing — back by popular demand — to discuss NASI’s new brief, “Strengthening Social Security for the Long Run.”
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An encore briefing which discussed NASI’s new brief, “Strengthening Social Security for the Long Run.”
In policy discussions about the long-term financing of Social Security, reforms enacted in 1983 are often held up as a model of balanced political compromise. But that is not exactly what happened. Only the short-term reforms, aimed at getting the program safely through the 1980s, contained a mix of changes that affected Social Security contributors and beneficiaries more or less evenly. The piece Congress added to address the remaining long-term shortfall was not a compromise. It was solely a benefit cut that is still being phased in today.
The National Academy of Social Insurance is featuring a new policy brief, Strengthening Social Security for the Long Run with a fresh perspective on fixing Social Security.
Moderator:
Lisa Mensah, NASI Chair and Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security
Speakers:
Janice Gregory, NASI President and Social Security Subcommittee staff, 1983
Virginia Reno, NASI VP for Income Security and Greenspan Commission staff
Discussant:
Wendell Primus, Policy advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and chief economist for the Committee on Ways and Means, 1983
- What happened in 1983?
- Why the growing concern about the inadequacy of Social Security going forward?
- Can we afford Social Security in the future?
- What do Americans say they want? How might we improve benefit adequacy at an affordable cost?