Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 3 that illustrates the Social Security Bill H.R. 1 for beneficiaries already on the rolls and for people who will come onto the benefit rolls in the near future that the benefit increases provided by H.R. 1 would be equivalent to cost of living increases.

Description: This article compares various Social Security reform proposals and offers a framework for viewing proposals that provides an analysis of the options on the basis of specific sets of principles and assumptions. From: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7.

Description: This is a brief summary of a Brooking Institution study entitled 'The Payroll Tax for Social Security. The study argues that the payroll tax should be eliminated as a source of financing of Social Security on the grounds that it is regressive and is especially burdensome to the poor.