Take lessons from past to guide future for Social Security and Medicare

From the Public News Service: Members of Washington state's congressional delegation are getting an earful during this recess about proposed changes to Medicare and Social Security. In the debate about the futures of these programs, some want Congress to look back at what the country was like without them. Mark Schmitt, a senior fellow at …

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Watch: Protect and Defend Social Security NOW!

On March 2nd, Seattle activists joined the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) in an informational picket to educate the public on the dire consequences of proposed Republican budget cuts to the Social Security Administration. We must stop these cuts to protect millions of old, young and disabled citizens who earned these benefits. Call Congress …

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Join us at the Social Security Works! forum in Spokane, WA

Did you know that: - A person earning $107,000 and a person earning $107 million contribute the exact same amount to Social Security? - 1 in 6 Americans benefit from Social Security? - Social Security currently has a multi-trillion dollar budget surplus? Learn more and ask your own questions at the Social Security Works! forum …

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