Which Washington Member of Congress is Going After Social Security?

A new proposal has Social Security and Medicare in the crosshairs. Here’s what you can do. There's a lot of scaremongering out there about Social Security's financial situation – but the bottom line is simple: the Social Security 2023 Trust Fund report projects that this essential program can pay all benefits in full and on …

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Social Security & Medicare Decades of Success Celebration

Join Social Security Works - Washington and hundreds of your Seattle friends and neighbors as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of Social Security's, and the 50th anniversary of Medicare! We are rallying at Westlake Park on August 8th at 1 p.m. Speakers Sen. Bernie Sanders, US Senate Rep. Adam Smith, US House of Representatives Sen. …

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County seniors sound off on nation’s debt

From The Columbian: Nearly three-fourths of Clark County seniors prefer either closing corporate tax loopholes and raising taxes for wealthy Americans over cutting Social Security and Medicare as a means to reduce the country’s burgeoning debt, according to an unscientific poll conducted Thursday at an AARP event in Vancouver. Reductions to Social Security, Medicare and …

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