by Dean Baker | Jan 28, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, Retirement Security
The Republican Congress decided to make overhauling the Social Security disability program one of its first orders of business. On the first day of the new session it put in place a rule change that would make it difficult to address the shortfall the program is...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 14, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
President Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech next Tuesday amid a new flurry of Republican attacks on Social Security. Will he stand firm and defend the popular program, or step aside and let the attacks continue? Changing The Rules No wonder Republicans...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
How does the right justify the kind of action Congress took this week, when it moved to cut disability benefits for millions of people by 20 percent? Answer #1: With buzzwords and rhetorical dodges. Answer #2: Not very well. For details on the House's action, we...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
It is striking that on their first day – their very first day! – Congressional Republicans moved against Social Security's disability insurance fund, before some of them had even found the rest rooms or put out their family photos. As Jerry Seinfeld might ask, “Who...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Retirement Security, Tax Reform
The House of Representatives wasted no time Tuesday in setting up schemes that are designed to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. House Republicans approved on late Tuesday a resolution of operating rules that include several pretty outrageous...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 2, 2014 | Retirement Security
Republican Party, on January you'll control both houses of Congress and will want to show that you can use that control to actually get things done, and not just use it to hate on all things Obama. The opportunities to do that will be legion, but here's one thing on...
