by Nancy Altman | Aug 29, 2016 | Election 2016, Retirement Security
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has released a new ad that reveals that either he doesn’t understand Social Security or he wants to galvanize opposition to Social Security. Either way, his rhetoric undermines our collective security. In his ad, Trump...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Security
I’ll say this for them: The Wall Street billionaires and corporate CEOs behind the "Campaign to Fix the Debt" have a lot of nerve. Once again they're using cheap scare tactics, along with some manipulative “nudging,” to drum up support for cutting Social Security...
by Bill Scher | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Retirement Security
Eighty-one years ago Sunday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act and created the one of the most enduring and consequential programs from the New Deal. This year, the program has a wonderful birthday present. Neither presidential candidate...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Security
Years ago a political scientist said that the mass media can't influence what people think, but it can influence what people think about. Today it does both. If you’re a billionaire who wants to manipulate public opinion, that means you’ll keep feeding it stories that...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 2, 2016 | Retirement Security
President Obama on Wednesday did a remarkable 180-degree turn on Social Security, and since we have been dogging him for his earlier failed attempt at a "grand bargain" that would have cut Social Security benefits for future seniors, let's give credit where credit is...
by Diane Archer | Mar 23, 2016 | Health, Retirement Security
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently sanctioned Cigna for threatening the health and safety of its members in Medicare Advantage plans. But, notwithstanding Cigna’s sanction and “its longstanding history of noncompliance with CMS requirements,” a...
