social security
On Day One, GOP Congress takes the axe to Social Security
January 15, 2015It's patently obvious the GOP is trying to convince retired workers that in order to preserve the system, the disabled should be sacrificed.
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GOP Congress aims dagger at Social Security
January 7, 2015On its first day of business here the GOP-run House launched what could end up as the most serious attack yet on Social Security.
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Message to retirees: vote in self-defense
October 14, 2014New Hampshire senior citizens, their families, and neighbors should do their homework and vote in self-defense on November 4.
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As elections approach, unions rev up fight for Social Security
September 22, 2014"The tea party Republicans divide the country: Scaring people is not standing up for people."
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Today in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act
August 14, 2014In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank of Roosevelt's "New Deal."
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