1. After reading the viewpoints in this chapter, do you think that Social Security should be reformed? If so, what reforms should be implemented? Explain your answers.
2. Mark Weisbrot and Robert Kuttner contend that Social Security needs to be maintained because it is a program that seeks to ensure the well-being of all Americans. Do you think that Social Security is universally beneficial or that it helps some segments of the population at the expense of others? Explain your answers, drawing from the viewpoints and any other relevant material.
3. Darcy Ann Olsen asserts that women will be more financially secure during their retirement if Social Security is replaced by private accounts. The National Organization for Women disagrees, contending that privatization is dangerous because it cannot ensure a steady income. Whose argument do you find more convincing, and why"