The Rhetoric of the Social Security Debate

Douglas V. Orr
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Douglas V. Orr: Department of Economics, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004, dorr@ewu.edu

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2006, vol. 38, issue 3, 327-333

Abstract: This article examines the rhetoric of the debate about Social Security. It suggests that political opportunism by Presidents Johnson and Clinton undermined the rhetorical position of supporters of Social Security. It details the approach taken by neoconservatives in their efforts to dismantle the system and suggests rhetorical responses that have been effective in countering those efforts. It also traces the ebb and flow of confidence in the system, as measured by public opinion polls.

Keywords: Social Security; rhetoric (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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