Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
From the Alliance for Retired Americans: Many older women enter retirement with fewer economic resources than men. In 2009, half of older women relied on Social Security for 80% or more of their income. This exclusive reliance on Social Security is partly due to the fact that only a small percentage of older women receive …
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From the Alliance for Retired Americans: Social Security benefits are based on a worker’s earnings; the more a worker makes, the higher the benefit amount will be. Because some workers are in low paying jobs and have little income to save for retirement, Social Security uses a benefit formula that replaces a greater fraction of …
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Via The Huffington Post | By Dean Baker The insiders in Washington really really want to cut Social Security, and they are prepared to say or do anything to do it. Among the latest lines is that they want to make Social Security more "progressive." This sort of rhetoric appeared in a report from the …
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