by Roger Hickey | Jan 24, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
A report in The Hill newspaper last night suggested that Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) may be floating a proposal that includes cuts to Social Security and Medicare. If Sen. Schumer's proposal was accurately reported, the senator could not be more wrong. Just as...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 6, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
Here we go again. Republicans are very clear about their latest extortion threat to the American people: Unless you cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, within the next two months we will throw the US economy back into recession - by refusing to allow the US...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 25, 2012 | Blog, Chained CPI
This is a moment of moral clarity. Right now there are only two sides in the Social Security debate: the side that says it's acceptable to cut benefits -- in a way that raises taxes for all income except the highest -- and the side that says it isn't. It's time to ask...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 23, 2012 | Blog, Chained CPI
Liberals and progressives who want to cut Social Security? Democrats who want to cut one of their party's signature achievements? "It has been done in your name, or at least in that of your family," said Scrooge. As Christmas Eve approaches, supporters of the "chained...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 21, 2012 | Blog, Chained CPI
The so-called 'fiscal cliff' was never real. Congress and the President invented it during last year's negotiations, apparently to persuade voters that unpopular budget measures were needed to avoid a crisis. With the collapse of John Boehner's 'Plan B,' that gambit...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 20, 2012 | Blog, Chained CPI
Fix the Debt, a front group for corporations, billionaires, and defense contractors, wants people to call their Representatives and demand that they avoid the "fiscal cliff." The group's latest email is so badly written that it cries out for laughter, but its...
