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Beating Back the CEO Attack on Social Security and Medicare
The Bowles-Simpson plan called for a reduction in the annual cost of living adjustment for Social Security that is equivalent to a 3 percent cut in benefits.

The CEO Plan to Steal Your Social Security and Medicare
At the center of their proposal are big cuts in Social Security and Medicare.

The Election Reflects America’s Conservative Era
This year's presidential campaign is taking place within an extremely conservative era in American political history that will substantially influence the domestic and foreign priorities of the next administration, …

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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World: How Not to Solve an American Crisis
If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …

The Dirt on Erskine Bowles: The Tame Half of Bowles-Simpson
While Bowles may be able to control his temper and his vocabulary better than Simpson, those are not credentials for dictating the future of the Social Security and Medicare …

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More Than a Victory: Health Care Ruling Was a Mandate For Us to Act
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act is a mandate to continue fighting for true universal healthcare.

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Mystery After the Health Care Ruling: Which States Will Refuse Medicaid Expansion?
For many people without insurance, a key question raised by the Supreme Court's decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act is whether states will decline to participate in …

A Wall Street Gambling Tax: The Remedy to Inequality
Taxing Wall Street speculation is a great way to raise whatever money might be needed to meet deficit targets.

Alan Simpson: The Washington Elite’s Attack Dog
Alan Simpson once again launched an obscenity-laden diatribe against those who oppose his plans to cut Social Security and Medicare.

Medicare “Part E” – for Everybody
Expanding Medicare would be the greatest - and the simplest - opportunity to truly reform health care.