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Social Security: Mitch Daniels and the Millionaires' "Means-Testing" Scam by Richard (RJ) Eskow, OurFuture.org | February 2, 2012
Do GOP Candidates and the Press Have a "Gentlemen's Agreement" Not to Discuss Social Security in Florida? by Richard (RJ) Eskow, OurFuture.org | January 30, 2012
Social Security: The Elevator Pitch by Steve Roth, angrybearblog.com | January 29, 2012
Mitch Daniels' SOTU Response Wrong on Social Security by Daniel Marans, OurFuture.org | January 25, 2012
How Conservatives Lie About Government by Michael Lind, politics.salon.com | January 25, 2012
For a State of the Union Home Run, the President Should Stand Up For Social Security by Richard (RJ) Eskow, OurFuture.org | January 22, 2012
Time Is On Our Side: The Survival of Social Security by Dean Baker, truth-out.org | January 17, 2012
Santorum's Anti-Family Stance on Social Security by Daniel Marans, OurFuture.org | January 3, 2012
Another Washington Post Social Security Mistake by Dave Johnson, OurFuture.org | December 30, 2011
Another Washington Post Social Security Mistake by Dave Johnson, OurFuture.org | December 30, 2011
Economists Warn Against Budget-Cutting That Will Undermine Job Growth
More than 300 economists, policy experts and civic leaders have signed a statement warning political leaders of “a grave danger” that the still-fragile economic recovery will be undercut by austerity economics of the kind being pushed by conservative politicians and by the White House deficit commission. Read the statement and related commentary on the critical choices we must make to revive the economy.
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The GOP Payroll Tax Plan Does So Stink
December 1st, 2011
No doubt Republicans know the fight over extending the payroll tax is one they could lose. Thus, they've pivoted away from opposing the extension, and have presented a plan of their own — one that Timothy Noah says the Democrats should be willing to work with because it "doesn't stink."
Well, in my experience, just because you can't smell something doesn't mean it doesn't sink. Some things "pass the smell test" because of a faulty sniffer; not because they don't stink. And the GOP's payroll tax plan does so stink.
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Before He Cuts Social Security, I Hope the President Listens To This "Obama" Guy
January 14th, 2011
In an open letter to the President this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders mentioned "worriesome reports" that the President is planning to cut Social Security. These reports don't come out of the blue. They're the culmination of a months-long campaign. The White House has been privately signalling for months that it was leaning in that direction, and now the sky over Washington is darkening with trial balloons floating up from Pennsylvania Avenue.
Before you make such a disastrous and unwarranted move, Mr. President, there's someone I think you should meet. Actually, you may have run into him before: He's a skinny guy with an keen analytical mind and a gift for brilliant oratory. Sound familiar? He ran for President last time around, and he had some very sensible things to say about Social Security: more » The Conservative Plan for Social Security Is “An Absolute Disgrace”
Sen. John McCain's comment last week that it's an "absolute disgrace" that current workers pay for the Social Security benefits of current retirees was bad enough, but the conservative policy alternative, and the fear-mongering that comes with it, is even worse. Here's how to attack it.
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