Aha…no matter that Social Security is full funded and solvent for the next 25 years. There are still people who want to promote the Social Security "crisis"…and they reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue where apparently a fight has broken out: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling and Sperling’s deputy, Jason […]
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Social Security: Economic Dopes Versus Political Hacks
Posted on 16 March 2011.
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Our Demand: INCREASE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
Posted on 26 January 2011.
I think we are making a mistake, both economically and politically, by confining our defense of Social Security to an argument about simply preserving current benefits. We should be pushing for an INCREASE in Social Security benefits as both a social and economic necessity. Let me start with the hardest challenge facing people who […]
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Get Sick In The U.S.–Tough Luck
Posted on 18 May 2009.
This shouldn’t be the case but a new report just out this morning from the Center for Economic and Policy Research says this: This report finds that the U.S. is the only country among 22 countries ranked highly in terms of economic and human development that does not guarantee that workers receive paid sick […]
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