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Social Security expansion is back on the agenda, at a time when Americans need it more than ever-here's what it should look like (and why it matters to everyday people all over the country) ""Altman and Kingson cut through the fog of calculated confusion and outright lies about Social Security.""-David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and author The COVID-19 crisis has pulled the curtain back on America's looming retirement income crisis, a fraying of the national community, and ever-worsening income inequality. Never before have so many people's livelihoods and futures been thrown into flux. Now more than ever, expanding Social Security is essential to addressing these challenges. Social Security Works for Everyone!, an evolution of the argument Nancy J. Altman and Eric R. Kingson made in their acclaimed first book, Social Security Works!, presents the case for expanding Social Security, explaining why monthly benefits need to be increased; why Americans need national paid family leave, sick leave, and long term care protections; and how we can pay for it all. Don't believe the nearly four-decade, billionaire-funded campaign to convince us that the program is destined to collapse. It isn't. At a time when growing numbers of Americans are seeing beyond the false choice between financial security for working people and financial security for the federal government, this book eloquently makes the case that universal programs that benefit all Americans (yes, even the rich) make our country stronger and our lives more secure. Social Security works because it embodies the best of American values-the ones that will allow Americans to obtain financial security and weather the next crisis.

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Praise for Social Security Works for Everyone!: Social Security Works for Everyone! explains why it's well past time to expand Social Security. It is a solution to the nation's looming retirement income crisis. America's workers deserve no less. -Richard L. Trumka, president, AFL-CIO Everyone should read this informative and thoughtful book. My grandfather would have had it on his night stand along with some notes from Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. -James Roosevelt Jr., grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and counsel, Verrill Dana LLP In this essential book, two of the nation's leading experts make the progressive case for expanding Social Security in a clear and well-reasoned manner. Altman and Kingson set the standard for policy debate on a vital subject. -Edward D. Berkowitz, professor emeritus of history and public policy, George Washington University, and author of Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen Our Social Security system is a vehicle for racial, gender, and economic justice. Social Security Works for Everyone! shows how it can be even more so. I recommend this book to everyone, including members of Congress. -Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, founder, president, and CEO, Global Policy Solutions LLC It is about time that facts, not propaganda, influence public debate about Social Security. . . . Millennials as well as aging baby boomers have a crucial stake in preserving the one source of universal financial security. Altman and Kingson provide a public service in explaining why. -Fernando Torres-Gil, director, UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary on Aging

Praise for Social Security Works: A call to arms to defend Social Security from sneak attack. . . . A hard-hitting kickoff to the 2016 election campaign. -Kirkus Reviews A balanced yet passionate defense of our social-security system. -Booklist Social Security Works! puts expanding Social Security front and center on the national agenda, where it belongs. Everyone who has a stake in the debate should read this important book. -Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) This book is an important shout-out to the U.S. Congress. Social Security Works! explains how and why expanding Social Security is the solution to our nation's retirement income crisis. -Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO Social Security Works! shows why expanding Social Security is a top priority for MoveOn.org's millions of members. -Anna Galland, Executive Director, MoveOn.org Civic Action Altman and Kingson cut through the fog of calculated confusion and outright lies about Social Security, showing that it is the best funded of all federal programs, has a huge surplus and with minor changes will be sound forever. But they go beyond to show how it would be economically efficient, smart and moral to expand the most popular government program ever. -David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Social Security Works! makes clear that Social Security is an extraordinarily important women's issue. A must-read for everyone who cares about economic justice for women. -Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women It is about time that facts, not propaganda, influence public debate about Social Security. . . . Millennials as well as aging baby boomers have a crucial stake in preserving the one source of universal financial security. Altman and Kingson provide a public service in explaining why. -Fernando Torres-Gil, director, UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary on Aging Social Security Works! is the most important book that any policy maker, voter, or simply concerned citizen can read in preparation for November 2016. . . . Social Security does, indeed, work. There is no reason to cut benefits-for anyone. Moreover, as these brilliant authors prove beyond any reasonable doubt, Social Security will work even better if it is substantially expanded. -Max J. Skidmore, professor of political science, University of Missouri at Kansas City, and author of Securing America's Future: A Bold Plan to Preserve and Expand Social Security [A] spirited defense of our Social Security system. Although they write with commitment and passion, [Altman and Kingson] take the time to look at the data in a rigorous manner. The result is a useful work of policy analysis with which all participants in the Social Security debate will need to reckon. -Edward D. Berkowitz, professor of history and public policy, George Washington University, and author of Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen In Social Security Works!, two of our nation's leading policy experts explain in a clear and concise fashion how Social Security benefits are calculated, why Social Security is so important to all Americans, and what can be done to ensure that it is there for future generations. -Jill Quadagno, Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar in Social Gerontology, Florida State University, and author of One Nation, Uninsured

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Nancy J. Altman, a lawyer, is the author of The Battle for Social Security and a co-author, with Eric R. Kingson, of Social Security Works!. She co-founded Social Security Works in 2010. . He co-founded Social Security Works in 2010 and lives in Manlius, New York.

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