Casting up Accounts in Social Security

I N SOCIAL LEGISLATION i t is impossible to cast up accounts i n the exact sense t h a t we do when the mat ter is ent i re ly one of dollars and cents, w i t h out human values to be taken in to consideration. Nevertheless, i t seems to me tha t i n the field of social legisla t i on i t is wel l for us t o pause occasionally to see how far we have come and what we might do to move a l i t t l e fur ther along the road t h a t we want to follow. I do not use the expression "achieve our goal or goals" because, i n the field of social legislation, I doubt very much whether we ever achieve any specific goal—first, because the goal is a constantly receding one i f we are blessed, as we are, by l i v i n g i n a dynamic, progressive country such as the Uni ted States, and, secondly, because our ideals change, as they should, as we move along. W h a t at one t ime seemed crystal clear becomes less clear as we see the complexities and a l l the considerations tha t must be borne i n m i n d when we choose one alternative out of a myr i ad number of possibilities.