Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Part 1 Social Security Is More Important than Ever
1 Social Security Is a Solution 3
2 Enacting, Defending, and Expanding Social Security 12
3 Social Security Works for All Generations 21
Part 2 Why We Need to Expand Social Security
4 The Precarious Lives of Today's Old 39
5 The Coming Retirement Income Crisis 56
6 The Debt Owed to Those Who Care 72
7 The New Gilded Age 88
Part 3 The Solution
8 Expand Social Security for All Generations 107
9 Paying the Bill 127
Part 4 The Threats to Our Social Security
10 The Billionaires' War Against Social Security 151
11 The Conventional Wisdom Is Just Plain Wrong 171
Part 5 Where We Go from Here
12 There They Go Again: Why Supporters of Social Security Must Remain Vigilant 197
13 Passing Social Security Forward: A Legacy for All Generations 224
Appendix A Additional Explanation About How Social Security Works 233
Appendix B Additional Information About the Social Security Works All Generations Plan and Other Proposals, Including Cost and Revenue Estimates 241
Appendix C Description of Various Social Security Expansion Proposals That Were Introduced in the 116th Congress (2019-2020) 259
Appendix D Leading Organizations Working to Expand Social Security 265
Acknowledgments 267
Notes 271
Index 305