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Social Security Reform: Fundamental Restructuring Or Incremental Change?, Kathryn L. Moore
Social Security Reform: Fundamental Restructuring Or Incremental Change?, Kathryn L. Moore
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In light of Social Security's long-term deficit, reform of the system appears inevitable. Commentators and policymakers have offered a wide range of possible reforms. This Article describes and analyzes five possible types of reform: (1) individual accounts, (2) progressive price indexing, (3) general revenue and/or estate tax revenue financing, (4) increasing the maximum taxable wage base, and (5) increasing the normal retirement. The Article opposes the first two proposed changes, individual accounts and progressive price indexing, because they would fundamentally restructure the current system. The Article recommends that Social Security's financing difficulties be addressed by a combination of estate tax …
Introducing The Law Of Nonprofit Organizations And Philanthropy, David A. Brennen
Introducing The Law Of Nonprofit Organizations And Philanthropy, David A. Brennen
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
On January 5,2007, the Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Section of AALS held its first program at the AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The program, entitled "State-Level Legal Reform of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations," was a fitting way to launch what should prove to be a valuable contribution to the study of law relating to nonprofit organizations and philanthropy. This burgeoning area of academic legal study is well poised to grow by leaps and bounds in the coming years due to its impact on many traditional areas of legal study, including tax law, corporate law, estate law, trust law, …