Category: Social Security
- 07/28/11 Enough Is Enough! Hundreds rally at the U.S. Capitol to oppose deep cuts to the social safety net.
- 07/26/11 Americans Reject Cuts to the Middle Class, Favor Higher Taxes on the Wealthy, Corporations New poll shows voters oppose the Republican plan to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
- 07/22/11 Shared Sacrifice? Not in the ‘Gang of Six’ Plan Ad tells it straight about the shortcomings of the “Gang of Six” deficit plan.
- 07/21/11 Gut & Scrap The Republican proposal to gut and scrap Medicare looks like the Ryan plan on steroids.
- 05/25/11 Hands Off Medicare Senate must reject the Ryan budget plan that would eliminate Medicare as we know it.
- 03/11/11 Republicans Take Aim at Social Security Republican legislators in both the U.S. House and Senate have now started moving toward cutting Social Security.
- 02/04/11 Maryland State Workers Score Big With New Contract
- 10/06/10 Social Security Sense and Nonsense In a new paper and podcast I’ve tried to correct some of the misinformation that critics of Social Security have been spreading about the program. Here are the facts. Social Security is a well-run, fiscally responsible program.
- 09/29/10 Wake Up, Washington! Securing Retirement Americans should be able to enjoy a secure retirement after a lifetime of work. AFSCME is participating in “Wake Up, Washington!” Month to encourage Americans across the country to tell lawmakers to keep their hands off Social Security [...]
- 09/28/10 America's Failed 401(k) Experiment While the unfunded pension liabilities in many public retirement funds have received an inordinate amount of attention, the larger retirement deficit of most Americans is not generating the level of concern that it deserves.
