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Show 281 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH The role of the United States government and how it functions to serve the citizens is a fasci-nating subject. The U.S. government has the responsibility of ensuring equal rights, liberty, and security/protection to its citizens. An ideal government is one that balances the need to help the people with the need for people to help themselves. My documentary explored this concept in great depth with regard to how it pertains to the future of social security. I explored the social security entitlement program and investigated the implications of its pos-sible disappearance. I conducted eye-opening interviews with elderly citizens who rely almost entirely on so-cial security. Also, professors in the Political Science Department at the University of Utah touched on the history of the program and how it specifically works. Interviews with students at the University of Utah provided a look at how young adults view the program and where it's headed with regard to their jobs. This documentary did not take a political stance on the topic of social security, but it was produced with the angle that social security benefits are an essential part of the lives of many Americans, and the disappearance of such a critical program would be devastating to the country. The new perspectives that were intermingled with an inside look into the role of social security were an outcome that only a documentary of this nature could have been ex-pected to produce. In conclusion, the power of a story, especially an in-depth story like that of this documentary, is unparalleled and can be life-changing. FUTURE SOLVENCY OF SOCIAL SECURITY: POLITICS VS. PRINCIPLE Rachel Spotts (James A. Fisher) Department of Communication University of Utah honors college Rachel Spotts James A. Fisher |
