social security
Protesters slam Linda McMahon’s call to “sunset” Social Security, Medicare
October 3, 2012NORTH HAVEN, Conn. -- Chanting "Social Security - for every generation - not just me," angry retirees lined the street outside the headquarters of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon on Monday, protesting her call for...
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Romney repeats Republican lies
August 31, 2012Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the GOP convention here Aug. 30 confirmed once again his apparent decision to lie his way into the presidency of the United States.
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GOP wants government to turn its back on us
August 30, 2012The Republican Party's 2012 platform is so radical it would have the government "turn its back on its citizens" and trash every-thing from veterans' health care to food safety inspections, a top union leader says.
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Today in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act
August 14, 2012On this day in1935 FDR signed the first Social Security Act into law. In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank...
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GOP budget bombs at town halls
April 17, 2012At town halls across the nation during the current two-week congressional recess Republicans are taking the heat like they may never have taken it before.
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