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Social Security Works!: Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All Audiobook
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A growing chorus of prominent voices in Congress and elsewhere are calling for the expansion of our Social Security system—people who know that Social Security will not “go broke” and does not add a penny to the national debt. Social Security Works! will amplify these voices and offer a powerful antidote to the three-decade-long, billionaire-funded campaign to make us believe that this vital institution is destined to collapse. It isn’t.
From the Silent Generation to Baby Boomers, from Generation X to Millennials and Generation Z, we all have a stake in understanding the real story about Social Security. Critical to addressing the looming retirement crisis that will affect two-thirds of today’s workers, Social Security is a powerful program that can help stop the collapse of the middle class, lessen the pressure squeezing families from all directions, and help end the upward redistribution of wealth that has resulted in perilous levels of inequality.
All Americans deserve to have dignified retirement years as well as an umbrella to protect them and their families in the event of disability or premature death. Sure to be a game-changer, Social Security Works! cogently presents the issues and sets forth both an agenda and a political strategy that will benefit us all. At stake are our values and the kind of country we want for ourselves and for those that follow.
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"[A] spirited defense of our Social Security system. Although they write with commitment and passion, [Altman and Kingson] take the time to look at the data in a rigorous manner. The result is a useful work of policy analysis with which all participants in the Social Security debate will need to reckon.”
— Edward D. Berkowitz, professor of history and public policy, George Washington University, and author of Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen
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“Altman and Kingson cut through the fog of calculated confusion and outright lies about Social Security, showing that it is the best funded of all federal programs, has a huge surplus, and with minor changes will be sound forever.”
— David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author -
“A balanced yet passionate defense of our social-security system.”
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“This book is an important shout-out to the US Congress. Social Security Works! explains how and why expanding Social Security is the solution to our nation’s retirement income crisis.”
— Richard L. Trumka, president, AFL-CIO -
“It is about time that facts, not propaganda, influence public debate about Social Security…Millennials as well as aging baby boomers have a crucial stake in preserving the one source of universal financial security. Altman and Kingson provide a public service in explaining why.”
— Fernando Torres-Gil, director, UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging -
“A call to arms to defend Social Security from sneak attack…A hard-hitting kickoff to the 2016 election campaign.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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About the Authors
Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson founded Social Security Works and co-chair the Strengthen Social Security Coaltion. Altman is a lawyer and the author of The Battle for Social Security. She resides in Bethesda, Maryland.
Eric Kingson and Nancy Altman founded Social Security Works and co-chair the Strengthen Social Security Coaltion. Kingson is a professor at Syracuse University’s School of Social Work in Manlius, New York.
About Joyce Bean
Joyce Bean is an accomplished audiobook narrator and director. In addition to having won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, she has been nominated multiple times for the prestigious Audie Award. Equally adept at narrating fiction and nonfiction, and she also narrates audiobooks under the name Jane Brown.