Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
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 …
Continue reading Take lessons from past to guide future for Social Security and Medicare
Trudy Lieberman | From: AARP Bulletin Early in my career, I was asked to report on the consumer problems of older people. Shoddy home improvements and credit abuses — the usual complaints — did not rank at the top. The number one problem was food: Some seniors were living on cookies. That was before the …
Continue reading Missing Voices in the Social Security Debate
From Ten Reasons Not to Cut Social Security Benefits: In the past, many workers could rely on so-called defined benefit pensions provided by their employers, which promised retirement payments based on a worker’s salary and years of service. In the private sector, those once common pensions have all but disappeared. To a large extent, they …
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