Securing America's future : a bold plan to preserve and expand social security / Max J. Skidmore.

Author/creator Skidmore, Max J., 1933-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 205 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Social security--United States.
Medical care--United States.

Contents Introduction -- The forgotten piece of national security : Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic bill of rights -- Misinformation about social security : it ain't what people don't know-- -- The gospel of wealth : amid acres of diamonds -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan and its enemies emerge -- From Miss Fuller's first check -- Frightening facts or persistent politics? -- A new plan that truly would improve social security -- The enemies regroup : rallying 'round Reagan -- Presidential attitudes toward social security : "only desperate men with their backs to the wall" -- The special problem of health care : the fortunes to be made -- Some final words to sum it all up -- Appendix A: Text of recording of "Operation coffeecup" -- Appendix B: Internet nonsense about social security -- Appendix C: Social security and Ponzi schemes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.
LCCN 2007040180
ISBN9780742562431 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742562433 (cloth : alk. paper)