Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
The Peter Peterson Foundation won't advertise this, but the winning video in their "I'm Ready" Video campaign - which had the goal of "compiling videos of people across the country letting Congress and the President know why fixing our national debt is so important" - represents the antithesis of Peterson's "austerity agenda." Peterson, a Wall …
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By Dean Baker, from the Huffington Post As we move toward the fifth anniversary of the great financial crisis of 2008, people should be outraged that cutting Social Security is now on the national agenda, while taxing Wall Street is not. After all, if we take at face value the claims made back in 2008 …
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From Sitka News: U.S. Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) introduced his three-point plan to strengthen Social Security today at a roundtable discussion with Alaska organizations that are likely to feel the effects of President Obama’s recent budget proposal to cut Social Security benefits. “There are responsible ways to cut the budget without hurting our seniors,” said …
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