Rep. Dennis Kucinich to headline WA forum on Social Security

Representative Dennis Kucinich will be speaking at a forum entitled "The Threat to Social Security - An Issue for All Generations" on April 12th at Highline Community College in Des Moines, WA. The event will run from 6:30 - 8:30 PM in the Student Union Building (Building 8),  and also feature Pramila Jayapal, Executive Director, …

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Scrap the Cap to improve Social Security’s benefits

Social Security provides benefits to more than 50 million Americans – benefits that are critical for retirees, widows/widowers, and families of disabled and deceased workers. That’s why some members of Congress, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, have supported legislation to “Scrap the Cap” on Social Security. This simple tweak would ensure millionaires will pay the same …

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Demanding the Possible from Social Security

Via FDL | By Eric Laursen The dead-end debate over Social Security’s solvency has long stymied any discussion of how to improve the program for its participants. Now may be the time to break that logjam. Here’s a way that progressive lawmakers can help to do so. Hard as it is to conceive, the last …

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