DIREITO PREVIDENCIÁRIO: CONHECENDO O PASSADO PARA ENTENDER O PRESENTE E AVALIAR AS REFORMAS PROPOSTAS PARA O FUTURO

As a result of the participation in the scientific initiation program of the UNESC, research was carried out and resulted in the creation of this article. A survey of the historical evolution of Brazilian Social Security, through classical and contemporary doctrine, analysis of legal texts and executive decrees, combined with the study of the way currently the benefits and services are granted were essential to direct research investigators. Knowing the past to understand the present helps critically analyze the proposed reforms for the future. However, one can not on the pretext of bringing economic improvements back from the social point of view. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a detailed evaluation of the reasons for the social security deficit, before any alteration, aiming not only to avoid prejudicial reforms, but also to implement them in a conscious. The State should introduce fiscalization and error and fraud prevention actions, as well as government surveys that identify the real reasons for the deficit and, based on these results, conscientiously make effective changes.