INTRODUCTION
High Stakes for the American People
CHAPTER ONE
What’s at Stake
CHAPTER TWO
The Collapse of the Three-Legged Stool
CHAPTER THREE
The Bipartisan Attack on Retirement Security
CHAPTER FOUR
The Nine Biggest Myths and Lies about Social Security
CHAPTER FIVE
The Solution: Expanding Social Security
CONCLUSION
Guaranteeing the American Dream Through Social Security Plus
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Steven Hill is a Senior Fellow with the New America Foundation and a Holtzbrinck Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. He is the author of six books, including Raw Deal- How the "Uber Economy" and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers, which was selected by The Globalist as one of the Top Ten Books of 2015. His op-ed's, articles and media interviews have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Politico, CNN, C-SPAN, BBC, Financial Times, Guardian, Bloomberg News, Fox News, National Public Radio, The Nation, Salon, Slate, Observer, Fast Company, Business Insider, HuffingtonPost, Le Monde, Die Zeit, Al Jazeera and many others. His other books include Europe's Promise- Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age and 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy. He is a co-founder of FairVote/Center for Voting and Democracy. His website is www.Steven-Hill.com and you can find him on Twitter @StevenHill1776.
“Read this book before you vote. Few issues are more important to
your personal economic future. Steven Hill shows what’s at stake,
and he offers solutions that Americans of all stripes can agree
on.”
—Robert B. Reich, author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not
the Few
“Steven Hill has written a barn burner of a book. Or perhaps I
should say ‘myth buster,’ because he systematically demolishes the
false justifications for slashing Social Security. In place of
misplaced animus and misleading arguments, he offers a strong case
for dramatically expanding America’s most successful domestic
program in an age of rising inequality and widespread financial
insecurity.”
—Jacob S. Hacker, coauthor of American Amnesia: How the War on
Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
“Steven Hill has written a vigorous defense of Social Security, the
country’s most important social program. While most political
debate in recent years has focused on ways to cut Social Security
or privatize it, Hill goes in the opposite direction and argues for
a robust expansion. Hill proposes a Social Security program that
would be adequate by itself to support a middle-class
retirement.”
—Dean Baker, cofounder of the Center for Economic and Policy
Research, and author of Getting Back to Full Employment: A Better
Bargain for Working People
“Expand Social Security Now! is a must-read. It is about the soul
of our nation and what kind of society we want to be. Steven Hill
lays it out plainly and powerfully, and shows what we can do about
it.”
—Katrina vanden Heuvel, author of Meltdown: How Greed and
Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can
Recover
“Expand Social Security Now! is engaging, thought-provoking, and
compelling. Hill’s bold plan to double Social Security benefits is
a brilliant response to our looming retirement-income crisis, and
to the nation’s rising income inequality. The book is a must-read
for all those who hope to enjoy an independent and dignified
retirement.”
—Nancy J. Altman, coauthor of Social Security Works!
“Steven Hill has produced a dynamite handbook for angry Americans
who seek to take back democracy. The true contest is not
Republicans versus Democrats. It is the American people versus
Washington. And this is the sleeper issue the people can win. The
governing elites in both parties are trying to eviscerate Social
Security—arguably the most successful and most popular program
created by the federal government. Hill explains why the political
insiders and their Wall Street patrons are wrong about Social
Security. He shows us how to mobilize to defeat the power elites
and expand Social Security rather than destroy it.”
—William Greider, author of author of Come Home, America: The Rise
and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country
“The ability of a people to retire with dignity is the hallmark of
a great nation, and with the inadequate 401(k)s of the Inequality
Era, our nation is falling short. Steven Hill’s proposal to expand
a twentieth-century idea for a twenty-first-century labor market is
at once commonsense and radical.”
—Heather C. McGhee, president of Demos
“This book is terrific! Steven Hill proposes specific ways to
expand Social Security and make it fairer for everyone. He also
busts the myth that Social Security is ‘broke’ and shows why it
matters more than ever in this election year—especially for anyone
who wants to be elected to public office, or even the
presidency.”
—Stephanie Taylor, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign
Committee
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