>of welfare reform. Never is the criticism
>of Social Security motivated as a way to
>discipline or punish beneficiaries, as was
>the case with welfare. The attack is more
>fundamental in an economic sense--it invites
>people to reject collective provision of our
>most basic economic benefit as a matter of
>practicality and ideology.
That is a very interesting summary of the SS debate. My question, though, is whether that represents the actual intentions of the proponents of SS reforms (and if, so how are those intentions known?), or an interpretation of those intentions by commentators or adversaries.
regards
Wojtek Sokolowski