ジョージ・W・ブッシュ政権下の社会保障年金制度改革(1) : 制度改革をめぐる歴史的経緯とブッシュ提案

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This report analyses characteristics of President Bush's Social Security reform proposal, put forward at the beginning of his second term, by studying both the Social Security amendments enacted since the 1930s and some other approaches suggested in recent decades. President Bush expressed his strong will to overhaul the current Social Security system, which has been called the third rail of American politics : if you touch it, you expire politically. He proposed allowing younger workers to divert up to 4 percent of their wages . nearly one third of the current payroll taxes paid to the government . into personally managed retirement accounts, which will be invested in such funds possibly bearing a higher rate of return as a mix of stocks and bonds. When we take a careful look at his plan, we might recognize that it is derived from the wisdom brought onto the political agenda before his presidency rather than his administration's original ideas. President Bush's aim is to achieve solvency and long.term sustainability of Social Security without raising payroll taxes. But his proposal for personal retirement accounts remains unpopular among the public because of the deep concern about the reduced Social Security's guaranteed benefits and its solvency.
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