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Social Security Reform in the United States

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The Two Percent Plan (TTP) is a plan to save Social Security based on personal retirement accounts financed initially out of the budget surplus; this article discusses issues regarding problems the TTP can address and a way the TTP can be efficiently implemented.

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  • Samwick, Andrew A., 1999. "Social Security Reform in the United States," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 52(4), pages 819-842, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:52:y:1999:i:4:p:819-42
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41789433
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