Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
From the Alliance for Retired Americans: Millions of families face disability. In fact, according to the Social Security Administration, about 3 in 10 men and 1 in 4 women will become seriously disabled prior to reaching their Social Security retirement age. Disability can cause severe, often unexpected, financial hardship. For instance, studies show that more …
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Yesterday, the Huffington Post, Washington Post and others reported a bit of good news that was confirmed by Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to members of Social Security Works - Washington: President Obama will not endorse raising the retirement age or cutting Social Security benefits in his State of the Union Address. Your calls, …
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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