Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
The Center for Economic and Policy Research has just released a new report exploring the facts behind recent calls for raising Social Security's retirement age. In their own words: As evidenced in a recent statement from the American Academy of Actuaries, some politicians and policy groups continue to call for an increase in the normal …
Continue reading Increase in Retirement Age Disproportionately Hurts Workers at the Bottom
The Institute for Women's Policy Research has collected new data finding widespread support for Social Security programs, especially among women and younger voters. A few of the highlights: The large majority of those polled back Social Security programs in order to ensure economic security for themselves in retirement. Seventy percent report that they do not …
Continue reading Voters favor candidates who support preserving Social Security benefits
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 …
Continue reading A call for apathy in the face of attacks on Social Security and the middle class?
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