Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr Creative Commons, https://flic.kr/p/F5RTQE Once again, the GOP's all-out obsession with cutting social insurance programs -- by claiming they are reducing the national debt -- is going to be catastrophic for those relying upon meager Social Security payments and Medicare. Congress should publicly debate proposals to slash social benefits rather than …
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Tom Price speaking, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th district. Photo: Mark Taylor via Flickr Creative Commons, https://flic.kr/p/ebTB2u Donald Trump and his colleagues in the Republican party are taking their opportunity at unified government as an opportunity to declare war on Medicare. Trump announced that he will appoint Rep. Tom Price …
Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Public Research. Photo: Center for Economic and Policy Research via Wikimedia Commons. Yep, he tells us the real national embarrassment is not having a racist, sexist, xenophobic candidate as a major party presidential nominee. It’s not our failure to address global warming so our kids might face …
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