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Politico: “Working-Class Trump Voters ‘Forgot Where They Came From’”
Marty Walsh is a college dropout and recovering alcoholic who grew up in a union household and worked his way up through organized labor and local politics. In many ways, he fits the profile of the kind of white working-class man who put Donald Trump in the White House.
Sen. Sanders: Trump is ‘Going to War’ Against Working People
Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday slammed President Trump for “going to war against working people” in America.
Income Inequality is Going to Hit Tomorrow’s Retirees Hard
One of the mysteries of personal finance has been the disconnect between the income inequality afflicting the working public and the claims by fiscal conservatives that most people’s retirement lifestyles will be perfectly comfortable.
Weiss: GOP Senators Avoid Angry Constituents During July Recess
With Senate Republican leadership pulling their healthcare bill, titled “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017,” scheduled for a vote before the Fourth of July recess, because they were unable find 50 votes, opponents continue their lobby against an anticipated rewrite of the unpopular Senate bill.
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What is the Working Class
Forty, fifty or even sixty years ago, mention the phrase “working class” and most folks understood that to mean “blue collar” laborers such as a machinist, waitress, plumber, cop, production line worker, or housekeeper.
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Congressional Actions
This interactive timeline includes all actions taken by the 115th Congress on Social Security, Medicare, ACA, and Medicaid.
A Message From Our President
The Fight to Save Retirement Security for the Working Class
The movement in Washington to gut our most crucial social insurance programs – not only Social Security and Medicare, but Medicaid, too – amounts to nothing less than a war on the working class: people at all levels of income and employment who are counting on retirement income and health security. We in the advocacy community, empowered by workers and beneficiaries across the country, are geared up for battle.
Congress and Health Care
GOP talks of of targeting our earned benefits and health care in 2018.
Tracking Trump and His Administration
From the pages of his own book to the public statements made by President Trump and members of his campaign or administration, theirs is ample evidence that this administration poses a great threat to the future of the earned benefits and other tax payer funded programs that keep workers, seniors, the disabled and their families financially stable.
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