Social Security The Automatic Benefit Increase Provision

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer price indexes.

Cost and standard of living.

Social security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1981

Summary:

Provides background on social security automatic benefit increases, which change according to CPI. Reviews concerns on the fairness of the increases and appropriateness of using CPI as the measure for change. Summarizes recent proposals to change the method calculating cost-of-living adjustments for social security. Includes tables

Notes:

CRS Report

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Social Security

Publisher Number:

CRS-1981-EPW-0076

Access Restriction:

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