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Social Security "Reform": Rolling Back the New Deal
April 27, 2005
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Ever since Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act in 1935, the program has been debated by liberals and conservatives alike. On this edition, we'll explore the importance of the program to those often overlooked in the current debate over Social Security, like young people, and the disabled. We'll also hear from author Thomas Frank on some of the larger historical and political issues involved.
Vanessa Swindell, kidney transplant patient and Social Security insurance recipient; Helene Steinhauser, social worker; Fanya Faul, high school student and bookstore employee; Brooks Proctor, high school student and president of Underground Republicans of Boulder, Colorado; Fernando Ramirez, high school student and board member with the United States Student Association.
This program's producers include: Leigh Ann Caldwell, John Herndon, Justin
Beck and Lisa Rudman.
For more information:
Social Security Administration
6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235-0001
1-800-772-1213
www.ssa.gov
Americans for Social Security
1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 705
Washington, DC 20036
202-955-1002; info@americansforsocialsecurity.com
www.americansforsocialsecurity.com
Economic Policy Institute
1660 L Street NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
202-775-8810; epi@epinet.org
www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_socialsecurityfacts
The National Women's Law Center
11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
202-588-5180
www.nwlc.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
820 1st Street, NE #510
Washington, DC 20002
202-408-1080; center@cbpp.org
www.cbpp.org
AARP
601 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20049
1-888-OUR-AARP
www.aarp.org
United States Student Association
1413 K Street NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-8772; ussa@usstudents.org
www.usstudents.org