Guidelines for Essay:
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
1-inch margins all around (we will measure, YOU must make sure that your uploading is printing correctly, this is not my or the grader’s responsibility, it is yours.)
Please use Chicago Author-Date Style for your references.
font such as Verdana, Calibri, Tahoma or Arial, etc.
Use 12-point font for the body of your assignment.
Use double spacing, only one-line space between paragraphs
Left-justify your work (also known as left-aligned).
Use bold for headings. Not underlining or italics.
You must have a(n) Title, Introduction, Thesis Statement, Transitions, Topic Sentences, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, and References Page(s).
As well as a reference page, parenthetical references are required within the text of the paper. The reference page(s) DO NOT count towards your FULL pages of text.
Graphs and Tables are required. These (Graphs and Tables) should each have their own page with a title (on the top of the page) and a description of no less than two complete sentences (below the table or graph). These pages DO NOT count towards your FULL pages of text, and should be located after the conclusion and before the references.
All papers should include a header on the front page. This header DOES NOT count toward your FULL pages of text. It should include:
Your name
Student ID#
The Course Number
Minimum 3 pages, Maximum 5 pages
Essay Topic
There has been considerable concern that our social security (old age and survivors’ insurance) program is not adequately financed: with expected birth rates, death rates, and increases in payroll tax collections, the current level of benefits can be sustained only with increases in tax rates. Some believe that the appropriate response is to reduce the current level of benefits, others that the appropriate response is to increase taxes in the future. Still others, worried about the effects of even higher tax rates but believing that lowering the benefits of those currently receiving social security would be unfair, argue that benefits should be cut in the future.
You will pick a side, and with economic models, facts, and statistics, you will persuade the Council of Economic Advisors to see why your way is least costly and more efficient than the other presented strategies.