Progressive Opinion

thenation.com — The truth, as honest financial analysts have always argued, is that Social Security is secure — and will be for decades if Congress agrees to minor reforms, such as requiring wealthy Americans to pay their fair share.

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — This collapse was entirely predictably, and those who were concerned about the country's long-term financial situation should have been out in the forefront warning of the dangers posed by an $8 trillion housing bubble. Unfortunately, these folks were too busy trying to cut benefits for the elderly to pay attention to such trivial developments.

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prospect.org — With the stock market sinking and no end to our current economic woes in sight, aren''t we glad we didn't privatize Social Security?

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baltimoresun.com — Sometimes great and influential lives are lived quietly, far from the flash and the limelight. Such was the case with Robert M. Ball, who died Jan. 30. During his long career in public service, he saved Social Security — not just once, but on three separate occasions.

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alternet.org — The Democrats' fizzle in the face of the power-grabbing Bush administration is doing serious damage to America's political psyche.

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alternet.org — The right has created powerful and lasting myths about the state of the program's finances.

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newsday.com — It's beginning to dawn on the press and most of the candidates that the Social Security system is not in crisis. That means it could be a losing issue for the candidate or party that proposes radical fixes for what's not broken.

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truthdig.com — The blinding headache will come when millions of people retire to find that their promised pot of gold is close to empty.

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alternet.org — Despite the facts, the right-wing myth of a pending Social Security crisis endures.

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alternet.org — A right-winger helps spread the fiction that Social Security needs a Draconian "fix."

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