The Greenspan Commission PDF
By:Robert Myers Ball
Published on 2010 by Century Foundation Press
The National Commission on Social Security Reform---better known as the Greenspan Commission-is widely credited with having successfully addressed the financing crisis that the nation's most popular and effective social insurance program faced in the 1980s. Today, the Greenspan Commission is routinely cited as a model for resolving divisive political challenges, most recently inspiring the appointment of a bipartisan commission to address the federal deficit. But did the Greenspan Commission really succeed-or did one key member find a way to work around its failure? Robert M. Ball (1914-2008), who led the Social Security Administration for decades-and then founded the National Academy of Social Insurance and became Social Security's chief advocate and defender-served as House Speaker Tip O'Neill's representative on the Greenspan Commission. In this previously unpublished account from his forthcoming memoir, Bob Ball describes in fascinating detail the inner workings of the commission and what really happened: how the commission deadlocked and how, at the last minute, Ball and White House chief of staff James Baker painstakingly negotiated compromises that their principals-Speaker O'Neill and President Reagan-could accept. Bob Ball wrote this account as a cautionary antidote to revisionist history. He warns: |[T}o suggest that the Greenspan Commission provides a model |for resolving questions . . . would be laughable if it were not so dangerous. . A commission is no substitute for principled commitment. Above all, we should not allow ourselves to fall into the trap of expecting miracles from another Greenspan Commission-by deluding ourselves into believing, mistakenly, that the first one was a great success.| Not everyone will agree with Mr. Ball. But anyone concerned about resolving the great political challenges of our day will benefit from his wisdom and insights. |Few if any in the long history of our country have done so much for so many for so long,| Senator Edward M. Kennedy memorably said of Bob Ball. With this account, Bob Ball adds- even posthumously-to his extraordinary record of public service.
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