Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
Thalia Why is Social Security important to you? Social Security enabled my parents to live modestly into their 90’s without having to call upon me and my brother to supplement their income. It enabled my grandmother, who was widowed at a young age and who paid into Social Security only from its inception to her …
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at a press briefing. Photo: public domain. According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. President Donald Trump's first budget proposal will spare big social welfare programs such as Social Security and Medicare from any cuts. This is good news and means that the pressure from grassroots activists around the country …
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Photo: Backbone Campaign via Flickr Creative Commons, https://flic.kr/p/24VAAdu Americans overwhelmingly support traditional Social Security and Medicare and oppose benefit cuts, according to a new poll released this week by the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. At a time when Congressional Republicans are proposing to fundamentally alter both programs, strong majorities of voters want Congress to protect …
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