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Social Security
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Local Fights Against Austerity Are Growing Across the US
You cannot lift up a nation's economy while slashing away at its consumers' pocketbooks.
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Chained CPI Is a Real Cut
Chicago activists delivered a petition from Illinois residents who prefer cutting the Petagon budget to Social Security.
Social Security’s Explosive Injustices
Cutting Social Security benefits is a cruel thank you for a lifetime's work.
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Liberal America, Wake Up!
The hollow symbolism of America's first black president is no replacement for real substance.
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April 25: A Historic Day to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget
Thursday, April 25, is the new date to participate in citizen efforts to oppose proposed cuts to Social Security and veterans benefits and support cuts to the bloated Pentagon …
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On Friday, Kill the #ChainedCPI Cut to Social Security & Veterans’ Benefits
We don't always have a clean shot at the 1 percent, but there is broad public consensus on this issue across many ideological and class lines.
The Real News Debate: Social Security on the Table
Joseph Minarik (former chief economist of the Office of Management and Budget for eight years during the Clinton Administration) and economist Richard Wolff take on President Obama's proposed changes …
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Obama Joins the Club
Every Democrat running for re-election in 2014 will have the stinking dead albatross of their president's cut to Social Security hanging around their neck.
Obama’s “Cat Food” Social Security Reform
Michael Hudson: Obama's “bargain” on social security reform will push more retirees into poverty in exchange for a minor increase in high end income tax - a class that …
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The President Offers to Cut Social Security and Republicans Agree
The President throws things on the table before the Republicans have even sat down for dinner.