by Richard Long | Feb 26, 2015 | Retirement Security
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DNJbVRnANs&feature=youtu.be[/fve] Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) has called out his Senate Republican colleagues for “creating a phony crisis” with regard to Social Security while ignoring a real one – the income inequality that...
by Diane Archer | Feb 12, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
Most people pay a Social Security tax of 6.2 percent on their income throughout the year, on every dollar they earn. But the top 1 percent of working Americans are only taxed during the first six weeks of the year, on a small portion of what they earn. They pay the...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 12, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
Nine out of ten Americans have fallen behind financially as the well-to-do – especially the ultra-wealthy – capture an ever-increasing chunk of our national income. This inequality threatens the entire economy's future growth and stability. But whenever someone offers...
by Diane Archer | Feb 6, 2015 | Retirement Security
While President Obama’s proposed Medicare policies leave a lot to be desired, he gets it right on Social Security. The president proposes to move tax revenue from the Social Security retirement fund to the Social Security disability fund, which would otherwise not be...
by Diane Archer | Feb 4, 2015 | Health, Retirement Security
President Obama just released his 2016 proposed budget, which contains many commendable proposals but does a great disservice to older adults with Medicare. It mistakenly buys into the philosophy that it’s OK to tax older Americans (make them pay more) and keep them...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 2, 2015 | Retirement Security
President Obama's 2016 budget proposal includes language that directly confronts a Republican House maneuver to force a debate on potential Social Security benefit cuts. It also includes a promise that the administration will "oppose any measures that privatize or...
