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On Social Security, Say It IS So, Joe!

What Vice President Joe Biden said today was, to use his now-famous phrase, "a big effin' deal." No, we're not talking about his "chains" comment which, as usual, has fascinated a press corps obsessed with taking statements out of context and playing "gotcha" games....

Koch Head Creation

If anyone thinks that these guys are going to blame their fair haired boy for Romney's loss, they need to think again: This month, as a handful of Republicans auditioned at town halls and on bus tours to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan...

The GOP Still Wants to Gut Medicaid

Sometimes there no joy in being right. Sometimes it's just no fun to say "I told ya so." This is one of those times. Depending on whom you ask, Mitt Romney choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as a running mate is either inspired or insane; bold or boneheaded; a...

How The Ryan Plan Threatens Middle-Class Retirement Security

The following is an issue brief by Nancy Altman, Social Security Works, Eric Kingson, Syracuse University, and Benjamin W. Veghte, Scholars Strategy Network, Harvard University and originally published by the Scholars Strategy Network. More background on the...

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