by Richard Eskow | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
Some surprising new polling results underscore the unpopularity – and long-term destructiveness – of Congress' ongoing attacks on the Social Security system. The new Republican Congress is expected to force additional office closures and impose additional cuts on the...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Retirement Security
At a chemical plant called Point Pleasant in a town named Apple Grove in a state John Denver labeled almost heaven, a man known as Freel Tackett helped negotiate three collective bargaining agreements that provided raises and decent benefits for workers and retirees....
by Richard Eskow | Oct 28, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
Who could’ve seen it coming? Progressives could be forgiven for developing something of a Cassandra complex when it comes to the Democratic Party’s economic stances. Here’s the latest case in point: The Washington Post and Politico have warned us that Republicans, led...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
Democrats have (finally, belatedly) rediscovered that support for Social Security is a winning issue in elections. Social Security has been called the "third rail" of American politics and it turns out that talking about cutting Social Security is still like touching...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 19, 2014 | Retirement Security
The Social Security deception game that Republican candidates have resorted to playing in recent election cycles is back. But, at a rally on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) showed how candidates and activists can defeat the gamesmanship and...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 10, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security, Winning Issues for 2014
A new poll confirms that voters don’t just want their Social Security benefits protected, they want them expanded – in overwhelming numbers, across geographical distances, and crossing all party lines. It’s not just “liberals” who feel that way. Three out of four...
