Hidden away in this year's budget package, Republicans in the House of Representatives are proposing a $1.7 billion cut to the Social Security Administration (SSA). If carried out, the budget cut will not only undermine Social Security's promise to pay every American the benefits they have earned - it will also make Social Security less …
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A call for apathy in the face of attacks on Social Security and the middle class?
A recent article by James K. Galbraith in Mother Jones News is in one respect a call to arms - a powerful reminder of how public decisions made by those we elect to office affect our lives and jobs, houses and health, and paychecks and wealth. But it is also a (perhaps unintentional) call for …
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