Old Age Survivor and Disability Insurance (OASDI) or as it is more commonly called, Social Security, faces an uncertain economic future given its trends in revenue and spending. Your task is to describe the reason why this concern is very prevalent and offer a solution. Your goal is to propose changes to Social Security that are both mathematically sound and popular enough politically to be adopted
Overall question to consider: Besides raising the retirement age as scheduled by current law, what would you recommend be done to Social Security to ensure that the program is able to pay recipients the full scheduled benefts the program has promised?
Step One: Structure your organization and delivery: Write in a manner that is appropriate for an academic paper in the subject of political science, and follow a widely-accepted format for citing sources properly. Below are two helpful guides:
- A description of the issue to be discussed and its importance
- Your position/solution on the issue, clearly stated
- Evidence supporting your position
- Responses to criticism of your position
- A conclusion
Step Two: Gather and attribute your supporting material: Although you are expressing your opinion, to be taken seriously you must support your proposal with no fewer than three (3) relevant expert sources that are of the highest quality and credibility. You must cite each source both in the body of the essay and on a Works Cited page. Use sources with perspectives that are consistent with one another; your points must be clear and without contradiction. The table below will help explain evidence quality: Sources that are consistent with your argument and thus support your conclusion
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