by Robert Borosage | Mar 30, 2011 | Blog
Common sense is an endangered species in today’s budget frenzy. Inside the Beltway, millions of dollars have gone into a concerted campaign to elevate hysteria about deficits, in an effort to roll Congress into deep cuts in entitlement programs. On the right, the Tea...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 30, 2011 | Blog
Today is a national call-in day to let Senators know that there is support for keeping Social Security out of the budget debate. Here are some facts. Social Security cannot borrow, so it does not contribute to the deficit. In fact, working people have been paying a...
by Bill Scher | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Social Security...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog
Ezra Klein has a prominently displayed piece in the Washington Post this morning, entitled The Pro-Social Security case for Social Security reform. He takes to task liberals most committed to Social Security for being unwilling to “reform” Social Security out of fear...
