Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
From the Washington Post's WonkBlog: Here is a sentence you won’t hear politicians or policy wonks saying in the next few weeks: “We should pay Social Security beneficiaries less in the future and push a lot of people into higher tax brackets.” Here is a sentence you almost certainly will hear: “Let’s adopt chained CPI.” Welcome …
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Recently, a group of high-profile corporate CEOs has been lobbying lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to include Social Security in the debt discussion. These CEOs, members of the DC-based and corporate-backed campaign to "Fix the Debt", have joined calls by the conservative Heritage Foundation to "redesign Social Security." Here's the thing: Social Security doesn't contribute to the deficit. Workers and their …
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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and Social Security workers are deeply concerned that the Fiscal Year 2013 federal budget to run the Social Security Administration will be cut deeply from current levels, resulting in a devastating impact on the services provided to seniors, the disabled and the families who have lost a parent …
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