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Raising Social Security’s minimum age is bad economics

April 30, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Health care, Human Rights, Labor and unions, Poverty, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes Leave a comment

Among the ideas that have been floated for reducing the Social Security budget is to raise the eligibility age to receive benefits. It is

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Robert Reich: Don’t accept Obama’s chained CPI

April 8, 2013 Madonna Gauding Democrats, Obama, Poverty, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

The chained CPI is a cut to Social Security benefits that would hurt most seniors—it’s an idea not befitting a Democratic president. If Obama

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Lame duck hope: Logical thinking on Social Security, at long last

November 21, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Democrats, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

Something unexpectedly hopeful has happened in the 2012 lame duck session of Congress: Senator Mark Begic, a Democrat from Arkansas, has introduced a Social

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America’s budget problem is a revenue problem

October 29, 2012 Madonna Gauding Economy, Government, Taxes Leave a comment

Contrary to warnings by politicians of both parties and by almost all of the mainstream press, America’s biggest fiscal problem is not spending on

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Bernie Sanders’ progressive deficit-reduction plan

November 22, 2010 Madonna Gauding Good government, Obama Leave a comment

Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Friday, November 12 that he will work with members of Congress, labor unions, seniors’ organizations, economists and others to

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The case for doubling Social Security benefits

September 14, 2010 Madonna Gauding Good government 4 comments

So far the debate on Social Security has been between the deficit hawks who want to cut Social Security benefits to reduce government debt

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Social Security works

June 25, 2010 Madonna Gauding Good government Leave a comment

In honor of the  75th anniversary of Social Security, Nancy Altman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pension Rights Center, and Eric

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