Ronald Reagan's quip from his 1988 State of the Union address has adorned reams of Republican screeds against government poverty-fighting programs: "The federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won." The truth is, however, that poverty has lost. Social Security (OASDI) has the greatest anti-poverty effect on almost all households, followed by food stamps …
Privatization is really a plan to dismantle Social Security
Image: DonkeyHotey via Flickr Creative Commons, https://flic.kr/p/axPTn4 Privatization is not a plan to save Social Security. It is a plan to dismantle Social Security. That should alarm future retirees, whom the political right is trying to dupe into believing that privatization is the only path forward. Social Security and private investments are two different things. …
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Study: The Republican Plan for Paid Leave Is Going to Undermine Social Security
Senator Marco Rubio's plan for paid family leave: borrow against your Social Security | Image: Michael Vandon via Flickr Creative Commons, https://flic.kr/p/CUPFVg In 2016, for the first time in history, both parties’ presidential candidates called for paid parental leave. Recently, in consultation with Ivanka Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio put together a Republican alternative to the …
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