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Social Security
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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.
We Spend More Than $50 Billion a Year on Pets, but Aid to the Poor Keeps Getting Cut
While discussion of poverty has been lacking since President Reagan railed that the poor were responsible for their own plight, new signs of concern and fresh thinking have emerged, …
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Don’t Forget the Generation That Marched on Washington 50 Years Ago
African-Americans of the March on Washington for Freedom and Justice generation are more likely to be poor, sick and dependent. We owe them justice.
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Don’t Get Complacent About Social Security – They Still Want to Cut It
There will be time to relax - and celebrate - after Social Security's been protected and expanded.
Social Security Act Turns 78
Signed into law in 1935, the Social Security Act launched an integral social safety net program, but is it still sustainable?
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Henry A. Giroux | The Violence of Organized Forgetting
Henry Giroux: A war-like mentality makes it difficult to reclaim the language of social responsibility and civic engagement.
Celebrate the Defeat of the Granny Bashers!
Dean Baker: Medicare and Social Security are safe from austerity hawks - for now. Time to raise a toast, then switch from defense to offense.
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A Vision for Social Security
Social Security, one of the most popular and reliable programs in the United States, is under concerted attack from corporate and Wall Street interests.