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Fact & Fiction on Social Security

I'm writing a series of posts as a blogging fellow for the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, a coalition of more than 270 national and state organizations. Republicans (and some Democrats) have started a full-scale assault on the social safety net that has made...

Making Us Stupid

If you want to know why we are so screwed as a nation, you can probably find a couple of dozen good reasons. But this, I say, is right at the top of the list. From MSNBC, with Chuck Todd filling in for Andrea Mitchell: Richard Stengel, managing editor of TIME...

How Much Would A Social Security Deal Cost You

How much would you lose in benefits if President Obama makes a deal with the Republicans to cut Social Security? The Administration isn't denying reports that just such a deal is in the works. As the President prepares to meet with Congressional leaders tomorrow, the...

Indecent and Irresponsible

Seeing as even most liberals are on board with the whole "Stimulus now, but deficit reduction in the future" formulation (leading, unfortunately, to rash proposals to cut Medicare and Social Security in exchange for short term stimulus) this bracing dose of the truth...

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