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Jan
09

Santorum's Anti-Family Stance on Social Security

In the New York Times on Tuesday, David Brooks attributed Rick Santorum's last-minute surge in the polls to the appeal of his family values platform with working-class whites. If Brooks is right, then those same voters should take a second look at Santorum's position on Social Security, a program that represents the best of American family values.

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Dec
30

The Politics of Social Security in 2011: From Supermajority to Supercommittee

For Social Security’s advocates, this past year has been all about defense. Fortunately, the defense outplayed the offense. Those of us playing defense were backed by the overwhelming majority of the American people who across both party line and virtually every demographic are clear that they do not want to see Social Security benefits weakened by benefit cuts.

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Dec
14

Lump-Sum Tax Rebate Better Stimulus Than the Payroll Tax Cut: a New Analysis

A lump-sum tax rebate, similar to the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act rebate, would do more to stimulate the economy than the 2010 payroll tax cut that Congress is currently considerign extending, according to a new analysis by Social Security Works.

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Nov
18

How Income Inequality Undermines Social Security's Finances

A recent study reveals how rising income inequality is jeopardizing Social Security's finances.

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Nov
10

Don't Buy Into Generational Warfare: Keep the Super Committee Accountable to the 99%

The 12-member Super Committee is down to its final two weeks to produce a plan to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the federal budget. According to recent reports, both Democratic and Republican proposals have contained sizable cuts from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid -- all programs that benefit the large majority of Americans in the 99% -- while offering little in the way of new revenues.

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Nov
04

Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Erodes Social Security, New Study Shows

A proposal to increase the Medicare eligibility age, which the Super Committee is considering, would drive up health care costs to the point where they would consume almost half of the Social Security check of a middle-class retiree, according to a new analysis by Social Security Works.

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Oct
27

Disabled Kids and the Dow Jobes: Their Common "Super Committee" Threat

Bad economics makes strange bedfellows. Thanks to our nation's misguided obsession with budget cuts, disabled children and the stock market face a common threat: an undemocratically-selected "Super Committee" which was formed during a national jobs emergency in order to ... reduce deficits instead.

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Oct
26

Thom Hartmann - Gang of 12 spends most time w/ lobbyist

Talking to Thom Hartmann about our new reports http://www.strengthensocialsecurity.org/super-committee/

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Oct
26

Perry's Social Security Plan: A "Monstrous Lie"

A few weeks after calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” Rick Perry claims he has just the plan to save the program. That is nothing but a monstrous lie.

In fact, Perry’s Social Security plan is a smorgasbord of awful Social Security ideas that conservatives have proposed over the years.

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Oct
11

On Social Security, Romney Just As Dangerous As Other GOP Candidates

No matter how fatigued the rest of the country is with the endless Republican debate schedule, Mitt Romney must be looking forward to tonight’s face-off in New Hampshire.

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