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Should We Privatize The US Social Security System?

4/30/99

by John Maletis


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Table of Contents

Should We Privatize The US Social Security System?

Part One: Introduction

History of Current Social Security System

More History...

Structure of US Social Security System

Recent Social Security Financials

Advantages of Public Social Security System

More Advantages...

Future Shortcomings?

Edward Gramlich’s Employee-Employer Tax Rate Identity

Gramlich Identity continued...

Gramlich Identity continued...

Part Two

Future Tax Rate Increases

Trust Fund Rate of Return

Rate of Return to Individuals

Progressive System

Part Three

The Perez Proposal

Fundamentals of Perez Proposal

Too risky???

Advantages of Perez Proposal

More Advantages...

Disadvantages of Government Investment in Equity Markets

More Disadvantages...

Part Four

Individual Retirement Accounts

The Porter Plan

Fundamentals of Porter Plan

The Ferrara Plan

Fundamentals of Ferrara Plan

Edward Gramlich’s Individual Accounts (IA)

Fundamentals of IA

Gramlich’s Personal Security Accounts (PSA)

Fundamentals of PSA

Advantages of Individual Retirement Accounts

Disadvantages of Individual Retirement Accounts

More Disadvantages...

Even More Disadvantages…

Evidence of Success

Part Five: Conclusion

Author: Peter Dittmar

Email: horlache@panther.middlebury.edu

Home Page: http://www.middlebury.edu/~horlache

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