Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
President Donald Trump signs an executive order about Medicare at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) [Salon.com] This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Watch out, older Americans and people with disabilities! President Trump just …
Continue reading Watch out, seniors: Trump just launched a stealth attack on Medicare
Writing for the Washington Post, Henry Aaron highlights a report recently released by the Social Security Administration which contains a comprehensive menu of actions that Congress can take to shore up the program's finances and change benefits: If you think that the best way to fix Social Security’s long-run financial shortfall is to cut benefits, …
Continue reading Everyone should care about this report on Social Security
[CBPP] At some point in their lives, most workers in the United States will experience a major life event or emergency requiring them to take time off work, such as a serious illness, the birth of a child, or caregiving responsibilities for an aging parent.[1] A national, comprehensive paid family leave policy that is responsibly …
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