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Coalition of 60 groups representing over 30 million Americans launch campaign to fight social security cuts
Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO), Gerald McEntee (AFSCME), Justin Ruben (MoveOn.org), Dennis Van Roekel (NEA), Eliseo Medina (SEIU), Terry O’Neill (NOW), Donna Meltzer (Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities), Hilary Shelton (NAACP), Ed Coyle (Alliance for Retired Americans) Help Launch New Campaign To Protect Social Security. With press…
Author: Strengthen Social Security
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Field Dispatches: Strengthen Social Security launch
The Strengthen Social Security Coalition, a broad-based diverse, multi-generational coalition of over 60 national and state organisations, was launched July 29. The still-growing coalition has organisations representing over 30 million Americans, including workers, women, seniors, persons with disabilities, children, low-income, and the civil and human…
Author: Strengthen Social Security
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It’s Time to Protect and Strengthen Social Security, Not Undermine It
Media coverage that followed the release of Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Co-Chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson’s draft proposal earlier this month was, for many, the first public announcement that the fate of their Social Security benefits was even up for debate. It…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Social Security Works Speaks Out on Proposed Cuts
Social Security Works, an Atlantic grantee, has been out in the media making a strong case for strengthening social security, not cutting it. Social Security Is Vital for Our Economic Security Fifty-four million Americans depend on Social Security – 1 out of every 6 people.…
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Reflections on the Importance of Security -- Social Security -- on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
In a Huffington Post article, Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson of Social Security Works, an Atlantic grantee, discuss the important role Social Security played in the aftermath of 9/11. Social Security benefits have been distributed on a monthly basis for the thousands harmed during the attacks,…
Author: The Huffington Post
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As deficit-cutting talks proceed, what about Social Security?
By DAVID LIGHTMAN WASHINGTON – Could high-level Washington deficit-reduction talks lead to changes in Social Security anytime soon? Highly unlikely, Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday. “Social Security is clearly not responsible for the deficits we face in the general fund today and should not be…
Author: The Miami Herald
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AARP: Strengthen the Social Security program
By Sy Larson. Social Security celebrated its 75th birthday on Saturday, offering us the opportunity to reflect on the importance of the nation’s most successful social program. The Social Security Act was signed into law on Aug. 14, 1935, and since then has become the…
Author: Daily Record
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Seniors’ groups take to airwaves and Capitol Hill to protect Social Security, Medicare
By David A. Fahrenthold First, AARP tried to convey disappointment. In May, the group launched a TV ad warning that Congress might try to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits as part of a deal to raise the national debt ceiling. “The country can do better,” it…
Author: The Washington Post
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Deficit panel leaders propose curbs on Social Security, major cuts in spending, tax breaks
By Lori Montgomery The chairmen of President Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday offered an aggressive plan to rebalance the federal budget by curbing increases in Social Security benefits, slashing spending at the Pentagon and other agencies, and wiping out more than $100 billion a year…
Author: The Washington Post
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A “Life Course” Approach Breaks Down Silos to Strengthen Social Justice
I am just concluding almost a month working from Atlantic’s offices in Ireland. Among the many terrific experiences I’ve had was a visit to the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), where last week my colleagues and I met with the faculty of the Life…
Author: Gara LaMarche
