The GOP Poverty Solution…Do Less and the Poor Will Do Better?!?
In 2014, 46.7 million people (14.8%) were living in poverty, according to the Census Bureau. The poverty rate for people aged 65
Even the Mainstream Media Supports Boosting Social Security
We live in a media era in which, more often than not, stories about America's federal retirement programs do little more than
UPDATE: Congress Funds 9-11 First Responders Without Targeting Medicare
The Omnibus Budget bill came out late last night and it appears Congress did the right thing. It will provide about $3.5 billion
GOP Pitting 9-11 First Responders vs. Seniors & Disabled
Congressional Republicans are once again holding vital federal programs hostage in order to exact cuts they can't get otherwise to programs like
Will Congress Put Budget $s to Work for Average Americans?
Passing a budget in Washington these days is uglier than making sausage. The next step (now underway), when Congressional appropriators actually
No, the Budget Deal Did NOT Cut Your Social Security Benefits
America's seniors, people with disabilities and their families who depend on Social Security have legitimate reason to be scared whenever Congress starts
It Could Be Worse: Our Reaction to Budget Deal
In these days where nothing in Congress can get done without making threats to slash benefits, holding programs like Social Security
GOP Sticks to Demands for Social Security & Medicare Cuts
As the days and weeks pass, with the GOP Congress still unable to find anyone willing to be Speaker of a chaotic
They Never Learn. The GOP Threatens Cut Social Security & Medicare or Else
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has started budget and debt ceiling talks with the GOP's favorite attack...cut Social Security or Medicare or
What the GOP’s Sleight of Hand Budgeting and Deflection Politics Means for Social Security & Medicare
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