Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
From the Huffington Post: Obama 2008: 'The best idea is to lift the cap;' Obama 2011... What Happened? Social Security is strong. It is not a government piggy bank and it is 100% fully funded until 2036. Social Security has been falsely interjected into a discussion about our nation's debt and deficit. Seniors have been …
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From The Columbian: Nearly three-fourths of Clark County seniors prefer either closing corporate tax loopholes and raising taxes for wealthy Americans over cutting Social Security and Medicare as a means to reduce the country’s burgeoning debt, according to an unscientific poll conducted Thursday at an AARP event in Vancouver. Reductions to Social Security, Medicare and …
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that AARP is willing to consider benefit cuts to Social Security. Social Security Works - Washington and our allies, including the Alliance for Retired Americans, are completely opposed to this position. Ed Coyle, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans responded, “The story in the Wall …
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