Truthout
Social Security
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Solve the Real Problems – Poverty Retirement and Health Insecurity – and the Economy Will Recover
Imagine the impact on the economy of 55 million seniors receiving an additional $1,200 each month.
Will Exaggerated Deficit Talks Lead to an “Obama Recession?” We Must Still Ask These Questions
The Washington consensus on economic policy has been used to inflict neoliberalism.
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The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means
The truth is most Americans have not been living beyond their means.
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Mainstream Media Taking Aim at the Elderly
The outcome of the “fiscal cliff” did not impress many in the corporate media.
The 3 Percent Cut to Social Security, a.k.a. the Chained CPI
DC insiders want to rig the inflation index and hit seniors' income harder than high-earning families'.
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If Only
When it comes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid today, Democrats might be the champions they were during the days of the New Deal.
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Save Social Security: Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary
A push is on to get the Nobel Prize winner in economics the position in the new Obama administration.
The Hoax of Entitlement Reform
The underlying problem is not Medicare or Medicaid, but the soaring costs of health care and the aging of the boomer generation.
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Want to Buy Lifetime Disaster Insurance?
The fear-mongering over Social Security Insurance, led mostly by extremely rich people, is the biggest scam being run right now in American people.
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An Ugly Deal
A final deal has been reached between Senate and President Obama in regards to the fiscal cliff, and while it is victory in some ways, it is failure …