Nancy Altman / Independent Media InstituteMay 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigMay 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 )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
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