by Richard Long | Apr 9, 2013 | Chained CPI
Opponents of President Obama’s ”chained CPI” proposal to reduce cost-of-living increases in Social Security protested in front of the White House this afternoon, bringing with them boxes of petitions bearing two million signatures urging the president to not include...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 9, 2013 | Education, The Sequester
Everyone at all familiar with the Judgment of Solomon has to be aghast as political leaders reverse that Biblical wisdom and proceed to "split the difference" over who gets whose way on matters affecting children. Instead of putting the interests of children first,...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 9, 2013 | Minimum Wage
As the U.S. Commerce Department released a report late last month showing corporate profits at a 60-year high, suddenly the big news was about how cheating surely must be rampant in social security disability. Wait, what? Also late last month, a Washington Post...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 9, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
It's time to think the unthinkable: The leader of the Democratic Party is about to submit a budget which cuts Social Security benefits. Party officials are reportedly promoting candidates with no track record on key issues and no apparent interest in politics. And...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 6, 2013 | Chained CPI
With all the controversy over the President's proposed "chained CPI" cuts to Social Security, it's worth noting the effect the economy is already having on Social Security benefits. We're seeing a growing divide between the "penthouse economy" and the one the rest of...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 6, 2013 | Chained CPI
This week it was announced that President Obama’s next budget will include a benefit cut to Social Security in the form of the “chained CPI,” a recalculation of cost-of-living increases at a lower rate. This move was met with dismay among progressive activists, which...
