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

Progressive Voices Speaking Out
Among the ideas that have been floated for reducing the Social Security budget is to raise the eligibility age to receive benefits. It is
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
Something unexpectedly hopeful has happened in the 2012 lame duck session of Congress: Senator Mark Begic, a Democrat from Arkansas, has introduced a Social
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
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Friday, November 12 that he will work with members of Congress, labor unions, seniors’ organizations, economists and others to
So far the debate on Social Security has been between the deficit hawks who want to cut Social Security benefits to reduce government debt
In honor of the 75th anniversary of Social Security, Nancy Altman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pension Rights Center, and Eric