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Social Security
Fact Check: Social Security Does Not Increase the Deficit
Bought politicians and pundits continue to spread nonsense about America's best-loved program.
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“Entitlements” and Our Dollar Democracy
How did it happen that billionaire farmers are entitled to their
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Elizabeth Warren on Social Security: “It’s Values, Not Math”
Senator Elizabeth Warren comments on
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CEOs Against Grandmas
The loudest calls for Social Security cuts are coming from CEOs who will never have to worry about their own retirement security.
Obama Wants to Cut Social Security
Along with most Republicans, many Democrats, and Wall Street, President Obama wants to cut Social Security. Here is what you need to know.
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The Real Social Security Retirement Age is Already 70
The full Social Security benefit is pegged to a u201cretirement ageu201d thatu2019s many years after most people retire.
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Republicans Demand Social Security and Medicare Cuts: Is It Reported?
Is the media giving Americans the information they need in order to make informed decisions?
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William Rivers Pitt | America on Fire
In Australia, the fear is that the fires being battled by heroic public servants who got their funding cut were initially started by arsonists. In America, the arsonists are …
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WWII Vets, Forget the Monument; They’re Gunning for Your Social Security
The real goal of the hostage takers is a u201cGrand Bargainu201d on the budget that would include cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
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Ask a Keynesian: With US Borrowing Capped, Won’t More Pentagon Spending Destroy Jobs?
In the current federal budget political context, unnecessary Pentagon spending destroys American jobs.