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Medicare Will Enroll 7,000 New Recipients Every Day in 2011
By Pearl Korn for Huffington Post –
On January 1st, while most revelers were still sound asleep and certainly not reading their morning newspapers, a story written by a staff...Continue reading.
Poll: To Reduce Deficit, Most Americans say Tax the Rich More
From CBS News –
As Washington gears up for a fight over federal spending and the national debt, lawmakers may want to consider some new polling figures.
A survey from CBS News’...Continue reading.
Census: Number of poor may be millions higher
1 in 6 Americans — many of them 65 and older — are struggling in poverty
By HOPE YEN – Associated Press –
WASHINGTON — The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions...Continue reading.
Republicans’ Deficit Ceiling Bluff an Attack on Social Security
From the Real News Network –
William K. Black: Forces pushing for cuts in social security preparing conditions for its demise.
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Is Obama About to Sell Out Social Security? The Political Fallout Would Be Devastating
By Robert Kuttner –
Obama has signaled that he might include Social Security cuts as part of a grand deficit-reduction deal. If that occurs, expect civil war among the Democrats....Continue reading.
Social Security Isn’t the Problem… But Fear for the Future of Medicare
By Saul Friedman for Huffington Post –
Before Gray Matters leaves the dismal subject of President Obama’s misbegotten Frankenstein monster, the deficit reduction commission,...Continue reading.
Victory – Medicare Safe for Now
We did it!
The Deficit Commission did not garner the 14 votes needed to send their proposal to Congress to cut Social Security and Medicare.
With your help, on November 30th, the National...Continue reading.
Majority Of Deficit Commission Endorses Plan; Not Enough To Make It Automatic
From NPR –
As expected, a majority of the bipartisan commission charged with crafting a plan to slash the nation’s soaring budget deficits and national debt, has endorsed...Continue reading.
Will Progressive Democrats in Congress Defend Social Security?
From the Real News Network -
Donna Smith: Social Security benefits are under attack and concern is whether the “man in the White House” will fight back.
More at The Real...Continue reading.
Deficit commission split on plan
From Politico –
Just after the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s high-profile deficit commission offered a revised plan for reducing the deficit in an attempt to attract...Continue reading.