...Social security is an annual pay as you go plan since most of the revenues from social security tax are paid from social security retirees. Social security is a major retirement program in the US with a cost of $736billion each year which is an equivalent of 12.4% on earning up to a set level of earnings. The employee contributes 6.2% and the other half is take care by the employer. Medicare is the US health care program for people aged 65years and above. It is also a pay as you go program as current health benefits for people age 65 and older funded by current tax revenue from 2.9% Medicare tax on earnings and 3.8% investment surtax on wealthier investors. Half amount if paid by the employer and the other half is applied to all earnings....
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...Discussion 2: Disenfranchisement of the Social Security Program The populations that are disenfranchised by the social security program that I selected are the women population (Popple & Leighninger, 2015). In particular, these populations are disenfranchised by the social security program as a result of not being the primary wage earners. On the other hand, they are expected to receive benefit through their position as wives or widows of male beneficiaries due to many of them did not work for wages while some of them work sporadically (Popple & Leighninger, 2015). Certainly, another population that are disenfranchised by the social security program are the African American that less likely to qualify for the social security spouse benefit...
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...PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE……………….7 5.3. CHARACTERISTICS OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS……………..9 5.4. BOARDROOM ALIGNEMENT…………………………………………….10 5.4 EXEMPLE OF A DETAILED FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING PROCUREMENTPERFORMANCE…………………………………………...10 6. MESEARING SSFR PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE………………….13 6.1. SIMPLIFIED PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR PROCUREMENT PERFROMANCEMESUREMENT………………………………………………...13 6.2. CHALLENGES FACED BY RSSB PROCUREMENT IN THE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT……………………………………………………………………19 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………...20 7.1. CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………….……20 7.2. RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………………………………….…23 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY. …………………………………………………………….…24 MEASURING PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE IN RWANDA CASE STUDY: SOCIAL SECURITY FUND OF RWANDA: 2010-2011 Abstract For decades procurement performance has been attracting great attention from different stakeholders due to poor performance resulting from non adherence to proper processes and procedures. It had been also proved that performance measurement is the key driver to improving quality of services while its absence or use of inappropriate means can act as a barrier to change and may lead to deterioration of the purchasing function and that Organisations which do not have performance means in their processes, procedures, and plans experience lower performance and higher customer dissatisfaction and employee turnover. This paper aims at measuring the...
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...Parmele Law Firm, the experts in Social security disability law Since it was founded several years ago, Parmele Law Firm has assisted thousands of people with disability get Social Security disability benefits owed to them in order to continue living their lives to the fullest. At Parmelele Law Firm, we have vast knowledge in disability law; this factor, alongside our zealous attitude and compassion to fight for our clients rights has seen the law firm spread it wings across the Midwest. The law firm is committed to helping individuals and families residing in the states of Missouri, Kansas and Illinois to obtain social security disability benefits. Parmele Law Firm understands that social security disability is not in an entitlement program; instead it is an insurance benefits scheme that workers have paid for over the years...
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...There are numerous governmental programs that are used for the purpose of maintaining a comfortable lifestyle for those who cannot work for themselves. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a form of income that a person can qualify for if they have become temporarily disabled. This program was originally intended for older individuals who became injured while working on the job and could not continue to work. The insurance was there for them if they were too young to retire and were still in need of an income source. However, today SSDI has expanded to include a broad number of people, disabilities, and age ranges. Many professionals such as lawyers, doctors, and political scientists wonder if SSDI has been pushed to far, but...
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...Interested in learning more about security? SANS Institute InfoSec Reading Room This paper is from the SANS Institute Reading Room site. Reposting is not permitted without express written permission. Legal Aspects of Privacy and Security: A CaseStudy of Apple versus FBI Arguments The debate regarding privacy versus security has been going on for some time now. The matter is complicated due to the fact that the concept of privacy is a subjective phenomenon, shaped by several factors such as cultural norms or geographical location. In a paradoxical situation, rapid advancements in technology are fast making the technology both the guardian and invader of the privacy. Governments and organizations around the globe are using technology to achieve their objectives in the name of security and conveni... AD Copyright SANS Institute Author Retains Full Rights Legal Aspects of Privacy and Security: A CaseStudy of Apple versus FBI Arguments GIAC (GLEG) Gold Certification Author: Muzamil Riffat, muzamil@hotmail.com Advisor: Chris Walker Accepted: June 1, 2016 Abstract The debate regarding privacy versus security has been going on for some time now. The matter is complicated due to the fact that the concept of privacy is a subjective phenomenon, shaped by several factors such as cultural norms or geographical location. In a paradoxical situation, rapid advancements in technology are fast making the technology both the guardian and invader of the privacy...
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...A Broken System SOC 304: Social Gerontology October 29, 2012 The Social Security System, created in 1935, is the one of the most costly items in the federal budget today. The program was created to provide old age, survivors and disability insurance to a large portion of Americans, mostly the elderly who are now out of the work force. The Social Security Act was a major turning point in American history Today the U.S. Social Security system has been in the news a lot lately. While politicians throw around dramatic words like crisis and bankrupt, regular Americans have more concerns. Social Security has assisted to defend millions of employees from scarcity in their elder years, but demographic truths have transformed over the last seventy years and are still altering. (Smith, 2010) If Social Security does not transform with them, the system will be incapable to fulfill its guarantees to tomorrow’s retirees and will load the next generations, our children and grandchildren, with hard taxes. The President would let Americans save some of their Social Security taxes in personal retirement accounts that they own and that Congress can never legislate away. Personal retirement accounts would strengthen Social Security by assisting all US citizens to raise their retirement income and pass on a nest egg to construct a better fiscal future for their households. (Smith, 2010) Several Social Security professionals think the system is in crisis because it will soon be incapable to...
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...Immigration is a social injustice that is faced in America from all races who are immigrants.Many immigrants come to the US seeking a better future for themselves and their families, but are denied the opportunity of a good future because they are illegal. Illegal immigrants can't obtain most jobs like everyone else. If you want a job in the United States you require a Social Security number.In the United States you need a social security number so that your employer can track your earnings, and send it to the government so they can administrate benefits for the Social Security program,Social Security was created in August 14, 1935 by President Roosevelt ,but back then it was easyer to be able to get citizen ship and social security it wasn’t until the great depression were presiednt Hoover blamed the immigrants as a cause of the great depression. As a scapegoat to divert...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Terry L Green THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | BTM8102-8 | Kris Iyer, PhD | | | Business Research Methodology | GreenTBTM8102-2 | | | <Add Learner comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ...
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...alcoholics and drug addicts really get Social Security disability benefits? Not anymore. There never were all that many people getting Social Security disability benefits on account of alcoholism or drug addiction, but Congress has now prohibited Social Security from paying disability benefits on the basis of alcoholism or drug addiction. However, alcoholics and drug addicts have heart attacks, get cancer or get sick in other ways just like everyone else. Alcoholics and drug addicts who become disabled apart from their alcoholism or drug addiction can become eligible for Social Security disability benefits. Abstract Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSDI) is a payroll tax-funded, federal insurance program of the United States government. It is managed by the Social Security Administration and is designed to provide income supplements to people who are physically restricted in their ability to be employed because of a notable disability, usually a physical disability. SSD can be supplied on either a temporary or permanent basis, usually directly correlated to whether the person's disability is temporary or permanent There are many different types of disablities that are covered under SSDI. However, one area that has been under heavy debate is whether or not substance abuse should be considered a disablity and funded by SSDI. This study examined symptom severity and level of functioning in recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for drug addicts...
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...SOCIAL SECURITY FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor; it cannot save the few who are rich.” ~ John F. Kennedy, Kennedy’s Inaugural address of 1961. "Social Security. . . reflects some of our deepest values--the duties we owe to our parents, the duties we owe to each other when we’re differently situated in life, the duties we owe to our children and our grandchildren. Indeed, it reflects our determination to move forward across generations and across the income divides in our country, as one America." ~ William J. Clinton INTRODUCTION Social security is a program that uses public funds to provide economic security to the public in case they suffer from a contingency. Usually Germany is known as the first country to have started with this program. It was designed by the German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. It was done by him to promote the well-being of workers for an efficient economy. Although social security tends towards socialism, Bismarck was a staunch “right” supporter. In fact, he launched this plan to stave off proposals of radical socialism. The American Civil War also saw some true government relief programmes that could be called as social security programmes. The Civil War Pension Program was signed into law in 1862 and provided funds to American soldiers who were disabled in battle. In 1937, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. In 1950, social security also adjusted it according to the prevalent...
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...research is to discuss possible security threat across the borders happened due to the ethnic conflict of Myanmar. In this era of globalization, internal factors of a state can produce some external impacts on other neighboring countries; which is commonly known as a “spillover effects” in political science. Some cases even become so much critical to solve, that the whole continent become affected by the problem. The impact of that ethnic conflict becomes so vulnerable, that the case has not been concealed nationally but also become an international phenomenon. In my case, the problem has become a huge threat to national and international security system. The hypothesis of the paper is to conducting possible security threat across the borders, particularly in the whole south-Asian region. The ethnic violence in Myanmar has some direct impact on social, political and economic processes at national and international levels. In fact, the conflict can result not only in destabilizing the trade and security of Myanmar, but also of the surrounding states. But my concern is focusing the ongoing security issue inside and across borders due to that conflict. That’s why, I think this is a very urgent matter to study and its totally connected with the problem of IR. (Koser 2005, pp- 12) International communities could not able to present perfect legislation or implement new constitution for that particular case so far in order to address the problem of security threat and securitization of...
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...Applications, Case Studies Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds) IOS Press, 2007 Amsterdam ISBN 978-1-58603-801-4 The Transformation of Dutch Social Security Regarding Document and Information Management Jelle KRUIZINGA, Fieke ROOZEN UWV, P.O. Box 58285, Amsterdam, 1040 HG, The Netherlands Tel: +31(0)20 687 1194, Fax: + 31(0)20 687 14 93, Email: jelle.kruizinga@uwv.nl, fieke.roozen@uwv.nl Abstract: In the Netherlands social security is undergoing a major transformation. Besides the right to receive financial support the focus is mainly on the right to find suitable work. E-government is seen as a tool to achieve this long-term goal with maximum results. Within UWV a Customer Relations Office and Virtual Front Office is working towards achieving the objectives of e-government. The department of Document and Information Management (DIM) is playing a pivotal role in laying the foundation to support the Virtual Front Office, by making all case related information digitally available and accessible. This paper emphasizes the responsibility of the Department of Document and Information Management (DIM) in supporting the transformation at UWV in the field of input-, output and records management. Both the issues of technology and human-resource management are discussed. Current developments within the organisation and specifically within the Department of DIM are focused upon ensuring a high-quality workforce. 1. Introduction In the Netherlands, social security is currently...
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...fourteen, the Social Security Administration is experiencing a loss of funds at a rate much earlier than anticipated (Finger n.p). The funds intended to return to workers once retirements are reached are now instead going to SSDI beneficiaries. Noted by Finger “According to the Congressional Research Services this program cost taxpayers $128.9 billion in 2011 and was in deficit to the tune of $25.3 billion” (Finger n.p). The SSA funds come from the constant 1.8% payroll tax, and SSDI makes up 18% of Social Security spending (Finger n.p). Taxpayers are unknowingly suffering from disability fraud without even realizing the seriousness...
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...parts of society up to minimum standards of living is becoming an issue of social responsibility and political requirement in emerging economies through social security programs. However, emerging economies are facing many constraints in implementing widespread social security programs to affect equality, poverty alleviation, and income security. When considering Social Security for emerging economies, there are two central issues that must be addressed; can emerging economies sustain viable social security systems, and is social security vital to the development of emerging economies. To understand these issues, and possible solutions, it is useful to look towards the established models found in Europe for answers. Social Security To analyze the issue at hand, we must first understand the definition of social security, as the benefits offered by the State and society differ from country to country. For example, Social Security is a narrowly defined program in the United States, which offers supplemental income to those of retirement age at 65 and older. However, in Europe, social security encompasses a slate of programs that provide cash transfers and benefits for the aged, unemployed, ill, and poor. These programs are often manifested in the form of pensions, unemployment benefits, and in many countries universal healthcare. For this exercise we will use the broad definition of Social Security defined as programs to “protect the poor and vulnerable and to ensure that they...
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