Donald Trump’s Sneak Attack on Social Security

Nancy Altman / Independent Media Institute May 22, 2019 A new scheme would radically reduce the number of those who qualify for federal benefits, and it doesn't require Congressional approval. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren: ‘Make No Mistake, There Is a [Retirement] Crisis’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2013 After The Washington Post mocked the idea of Americans facing a looming retirement crisis, the inimitable senator from Massachusetts took to her chamber's floor to remind us that talking about Social Security benefits isn't about "math, [it's] about our values." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama’s Wake-Up Call

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 6, 2013 President Obama got roughed up by the pundit class last week. The question is what lessons he draws from the going-over. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s ‘Mixed Feelings About Old People’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 27, 2013 The president gave wealthy Americans "a most generous reduction in their estate taxes" while telling Social Security beneficiaries "to live with smaller benefit checks," William Greider writes in The Nation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How the News Is Killing You

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2013 Reading mass media news articles is unhealthy and causes unhappiness, so stop it; Americans want to know more about socialism, as evidenced by Merriam-Webster's two most searched entries in 2012; meanwhile the Swedes were dissatisfied with gendered pronouns and have officially incorporated a third, gender-neutral one into their language. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Hudson on Obama, Social Security and Mean Mrs. Thatcher

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Economist Michael Hudson attacks Obama's proposed cuts. Also on the program: the fight to keep Monsanto from polluting Hawaii's natural wonders, a college degree ain't what it used to be, and a new movie documents the legal showdown over medical marijuana. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Sanders Lays Into Obama for Attacking Social Security

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 14, 2013 The senator stood before a crowd of retirees, veterans and their supporters Thursday to point out that the president's proposal for a "Chained CPI" adjustment to the calculation of retirement benefits would wreak destruction on the lives of elderly and disabled Americans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eat Your Cat Food, Mrs. Robinson

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 12, 2013 The new cost-of-living index proposed in Obama's latest budget is really a means to push lower living standards on people who need Social Security, University of Missouri economist Michael Hudson says. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Obama’s Social Security Move Breaks Campaign Promise

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 12, 2013 Remember when, running for president back in 2008, Barack Obama vowed never to cut Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments? He seems to be having second thoughts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Submits Destructive, Unnecessary Budget Plan

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 11, 2013 The president is following through on his intention to abandon the welfare of elderly and disabled Americans in a budget deal that would cut $130 billion from programs like Social Security over the next 10 years, and that could starve the system in the long run. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Republicans Dismiss Obama’s Budget Proposal

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 6, 2013 Thanks to Speaker of the House John Boehner and his fellow Republicans in the chamber, there is serious legislative opposition to the attack on Social Security that President Obama proposed in his budget plan this week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reich Decodes the Chained CPI

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 6, 2013 This week, President Obama proposed to reduce the national deficit by adopting a new formula for adjusting for inflation in Social Security payments. Robert Reich points out that it would be "stingier than the current one." Frankly, it would destroy Social Security over the next two decades as prices for goods and services rose and the program wasn't allowed to keep up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )