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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…

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…

MSNBC interview with Eric Kingson of Strengthen Social Security about the outrage behind the former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson's targeting of budget cuts on benefits that include social security.View video here >>

James Roosevelt, grandson of President Franklin Roosevelt, discussed Social Security and why it’s still needed today. According to a recent Social Security and Medicare report, Social Security will pay out more in benefits than it receives in tax revenues for this year and next year.…