OECD: Governments Must Raise Retirement Age

Staff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2012 A new report issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has advised governments to increase the retirement age in their countries. In the face of longer life expectancies, a higher retirement age is the only way to keep pension programs solvent, it says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Revolution Brewing on Student Debt

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2012 The U.S. once led the world in free education. The recent debate in Washington about whether to let student loan interest rates double ignores the fact that many students already cannot afford a college education or advanced training. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

David Cay Johnston: Social Security Is Not Going Broke

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2012 "Which federal program took in more than it spent last year, added $95 billion to its surplus and lifted 20 million Americans of all ages out of poverty?" finance columnist David Cay Johnston asks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Critical, Reluctant and Desperate

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 Something interesting happens when hardworking, fiscally minded Americans find themselves on the public dole: They resent the government that lends a hand and feel guilty for accepting help. A major article from The New York Times documents the anxiety, frustration and confusion of a growing class of dependent Americans.Hardworking, fiscally minded Americans feel guilty when they land on the public dole. A New York Times article documents the frustration of a growing class of dependent Americans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Social Security and the Generation Gap

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2011 Most Americans think that the big government entitlement programs -- Social Security and Medicare -- are a good thing. But young and old part company, according to a new Pew report, over the current effectiveness of the programs and what to do about it. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

99 Percenters Occupy Wall Street

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 21, 2011 If 2,000 tea party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Quacks Like a Ponzi Scheme

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The Problem With the Republicans

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2011 Mike Lofgren retired this summer after 28 years as a congressional staffer, 16 of which he spent on the Republican side working with the House and Senate budget committees, and he wants to tell you something about the nature of the current Republican Party. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kucinich Says Obama Got the Deal He Wanted

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2011 Is the president a bad negotiator, or did he get the deal he wanted all along, as Rep Dennis Kucinich suggests? Also on this week's Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: the phony Social Security scare, teaching Shakespeare in Iraq and more Update: Full transcriptIs the president a bad negotiator, or did he get the deal he wanted all along, as Rep Dennis Kucinich suggests? This and more on Truthdig Radio. Dig deeper ( 39 Min. Read )

Retirees and Wrong Assumptions

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2011 On Sunday, President Obama and members of the U.S. Congress agreed to cut at least $2.4 trillion from federal spending over the next 10 years, some of which will come from programs that benefit retired Americans. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 27, 2011 Republican hypocrites are out to settle ideological scores that have nothing to do with the debt they themselves ran up. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )