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Rural Communities Rely on Social Security Income Nearly TWICE as Much as Non-Rural Communities

By Institute for America’s Future
July 15th, 2005
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The mandatory benefit cuts included in the President’s Social Security privatization proposal would hurt America’s rural communities more harshly than urban communities. more »

Will Social Security Privatization Return?

It Depends on the Outcome of the 2006 elections.

By Roger Hickey and Jeff Cruz
Institute for America’s Future
August 01st, 2006
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Scorecard on the large number of candidates who support privatization of Social Security – and prospects for a new congressional majority that could dismantle Social Security. more »

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Help Americans Save More

By Alex Carter
December 10, 2007

Americans need to save more for their retirement. That requires personal responsibility in a culture of consumerism. We can help by running an economy that rewards work and not just wealth. more »

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The Privatization Scandal

By Eric Lotke
December 10, 2007

The effort to privatize Social Security is an open scandal. It would increase risk, decrease security; cut benefits to people disabled at work and leave more seniors in poverty. more »

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Retirement with Dignity

By OurFuture.org Staff
December 10, 2007

We need to make it possible for all Americans to retire with dignity at the end of a lifetime of work. That means protecting Social Security and mandating corporations treat their employees the same as their executives when it comes to health and retirement benefits.

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No Mandate for Privatization

By Alex Carter
November 16, 2007

Just as in 2005, the public can ensure that Republican leadership doesn't forget: There is NO public mandate for Social Security privatization. more »

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The Privatization Threat Is Back

By Chris Collins
November 16, 2007

Prominent Republicans have come out publicly in past weeks stating that, given the chance in 2007, they will push Social Security privatization again. This includes...

Social Security: Relax

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet
From alternet.org
November 14th, 2007

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

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Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

By Bill Scher
November 12, 2007

Another 0-for-3 day for the Watchdog. more »

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Weekend Watchdog

By Bill Scher
November 11, 2007

Apologies for a belated Weekend Watchdog post, as I'm back from a vacation and long flight delay. But as usual, on Sunday at 4 PM ET, tune in to Air America Radio's "Seder on Sundays" program, where I'll offer the Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up.

For Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (ABC's This Week) and Sen. John McCain, R-AZ (Fox News Sunday): Time Magazine reported this week from Pakistan:

...as [Musharraf's] regime cracked down on lawyers, journalists and human-rights activists, it agreed to a cease-fire with a powerful militant leader who had taken 213 soldiers hostage in the lawless northwestern region. The irony was not lost on Asma Jahangir, Pakistan's best-known human-rights activist, who wrote in an e-mail from house arrest, "Those [Musharraf] has arrested are progressive, secular-minded people, while the terrorists are offered negotiations and cease-fires."

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