TAKING A LOOK AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES The United States have two important economic goals. The two that are widely held are economic security and an equitable distribution of income. The U.S. uses to major tools to try to achieve these goals are the progressive tax system and the income and the income maintenance programs. Income maintenance programs include social insurance programs and public assistance programs. The major social …showed first 75 words of 1725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1725 total…income. REFERENCES Arthur R Hall, Forcing a Bad Investment on Retiring American, Special Report no. 55 (Washington: Tax Foundation, November 1995) Peter G. Peterson, Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing Debt and Restore the American Dream (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993) William Shipman, "Retiring with Dignity: Social Security vs. Private Markets," Cato Institute Social Security Paper no. 2, August 16, 1995 Michael J. Graetz, Jerry L. Mashaw, True Security: Rethinking American Social Insurance (The Yale Isps Series)