Debt, Deficits, Social Security and More…
Monday, March 1st, 2010If you generally skip by budget or economic headlines in favor of something more easily comprehendible, we suggest today you make an exception. Here are excerpts from three articles which together provide must-read perspectives on our debt/deficits, Social Security and Medicare. Saul Friedman, Grey Matters columnist, takes former Senator and Debt Commission co-chairman, Alan Simpson, to task [...]
Seniors Mobilize in Opposition to Fast-track Commission Targeting Cuts to Social Security
Friday, January 15th, 2010Next week we’ll kick off our radio and print advocacy campaign in Washington urging Congress to oppose creation of a fast-track entitlement commission. Our National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare members and supporters have made it clear they oppose creating a commission which targets cuts to the very programs, which have kept seniors afloat during [...]
Pitting Young Vs Old—It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Friday, October 16th, 2009For too long, some in Washington have been waging generational warfare as a way to persuade young people we can’t afford America’s social safety net. Those who have been fighting to gut programs like Social Security and Medicare have turned their attention to America’s 20 and 30-year-olds in a bid to convince this generation that [...]
“MedPac on Steroids” or Permanent Entitlement Commission?
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009For many older Americans, the give and take necessary to pass meaningful and successful health care reform makes sense. That’s why we here at the National Committee have worked hard to mobilize their support for health care reform proposals that would improve efficiency and care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries while also providing savings for [...]
The Truth about the 2009 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Here’s the bottom line from this year’s Trustees Report: Social Security is still fully funded for 28 years No COLA increase planned for retirees Skyrocketing health costs nationwide continue to threaten Medicare Undoubtedly, these facts truths will probably be buried in coverage of this year’s Trustees report as the anti-entitlement crowd revs up its billion [...]
Seniors Ask…Why Social Security Now?
Thursday, May 7th, 2009Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s promise to put Social Security reform on the legislative agenda this fall has many seniors asking…why? America’s retirees understand the need to strengthen Social Security for future generations. For them, Social Security isn’t just a political issue — it’s what pays the bills. But given the long list of critical challenges [...]
Social Security & Retirement Questions for Obama Online Town Hall
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Hundreds of questions on Social Security, Medicare and Retirement security have been submitted for today’s Presidential online Town Hall meeting which starts at 11:30am. In all, 91,666 people submitted 103,096 questions on issues ranging from education to jobs to energy policy. Americans were allowed to vote for their favorite questions with 3,569,419 votes cast. Here are [...]
Don’t Buy the Lie about Social Security
Thursday, March 19th, 2009A new survey by Sun Life Financial claims that nearly half of all workers questioned would like to stop paying into Social Security, even if that means they don’t get any benefits when they retire. They report more workers in their 30′s share this view (59 percent) than those facing retirement soon, 60 and older (33% [...]
Looking for Any Opportunity to Target Social Security
Friday, March 6th, 2009It’s hard to imagine how, after sitting through hours of discussion about health care reform at yesterday’s White House summit, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell chose Social Security as his very first comment on the event. For a split second, we thought maybe he forgot which summit he was actually attending (last week’s was Fiscal [...]
The “Entitlement Reform” Myth
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Thanks to Marie Cocco for providing some much needed truth telling about the long-running anti-entitlement campaign launched by those who oppose the very idea of Social Security and Medicare and propelled by self-described “fiscal hawks” in Congress. She says: “Now that so many of us have been whipsawed financially, it is time to wipe the [...]
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