Expanding benefits: how do we pay for it?
“Expand Social Security? We don’t even have the income and reserves to pay for it NOW–if we expand it, where’s
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Social Security Works President testifies before Democratic Platform Committee on Social Security expansion
“Expanding Social Security is a solution. It’s a solution to our nation’s retirement income crisis, to income and wealth inequality,
Read MoreNow you see it, now you don’t: Medicare premiums expected to swallow 2018’s COLA boost
Last week’s Social Security Administration announcement formally set Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for next year at 2%. The average
Read MoreSteven Hill explains why we need to expand Social Security–and exactly how we can do it
“We don’t really have much choice in terms of expanding Social Security…the 401(k) system replacing pensions has completely failed. And
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Pasadena Weekly: “Urge lawmakers to support the Social Security Expansion Act”
“Those who falsely mislead people into thinking that a balanced budget can be achieved on the backs of America’s seniors,
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Tom Margenau: “Do you really want a shrunken SSA?”
Former Social Security employee Tom Margenau makes an interesting point about recent Social Security Administration budget cuts in a column
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When the U.S. hits the debt ceiling…what happens to Social Security?
The national debt ceiling is the legislative cap on how much debt the United States Treasury may issue, and
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As Trust Fund woes approach, expected reliance on Social Security increases
As the most recent report from the Social Security Board of Trustees confirmed, Social Security is still on track toward insolvency–for
Read MoreThe Majority Report with Sam Seder: David Dayen on Social Security Expansion
David Dayen, author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud and contributing writer
Read MoreHow to die young at a very old age: a TEDx Talk with Dr. Nir Barzilai
Dr. Nir Barzilai is a Professor of Medicine and Genetics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Deputy Scientific
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