Long-time opponents of Social Security spun wild yarns about the debt and deficit this summer, and during the run-up to the so-called “fiscal cliff”. Ignoring ten years of war and tax cuts for the wealthy (both purchased on the national credit card), as well as a pandemic of Wall Street greed that nearly sunk the …
Be honest about the Social Security COLA
By Alicia Munnell, from MarketWatch I am willing to play if our political leaders simply put the facts on the table. For example, the proposal to use a “chained” CPI for indexing Social Security benefits—which was floated during the recent fiscal cliff negotiations, and seems likely to surface again—is not just a “technical correction”; it …
Rep. Barney Frank on the Social Security cap
From Daily Kos: If former Rep. Barney Frank does get an interim appointment until a more permanent replacement to fill Sen. John Kerry's seat is elected, he has a plan for dealing with the nightmare fiscal scenario created for the country in the coming few months with the forestalled fiscal cliff. He's advocating for progressive Social …
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