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Closing the Door to Destitution: The Shaping of the Social Security Acts of the United States and New Zealand

Closing the Door to Destitution: The Shaping of the Social Security Acts of the United States and New Zealand

Richards, Raymond

Paperback

Australia & Oceania20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0271026650
ISBN13: 9780271026657
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: Apr 15 1994
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.46 Depth: 8.94
Language: English

During the depression of the 1930s, both the United States and New Zealand passed a Social Security Act. Both countries were developed nations of the new world, and each statute was an omnibus measure aimed at protecting citizens from the poverty so visible at the time. The two acts, however, were very different. The New Zealand measure was absolute, promising everyone medical care and a reasonable income in every circumstance. It redistributed income downward. The U.S. act addressed only a handful of risks, and each of its two main programs covered less than half of the population. Its benefits were funded by regressive taxes, and the main programs promised more help, not to persons in greater need, but to those from higher-paying jobs.

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