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Hilary A. Doe: On Social Security’s 75th Anniversary, Millennials Think 2040 for 75 More
Jun 23rd
Millennials have the potential to dramatically reframe the Social Security conversation. There is a misconception that this largest-ever generation of Americans does not care about Social Security and the outcome of potential reforms. Despite the fact that the Social Security debate revolves around the alleged burden that the national debt places on “the next generation,” young people are rarely asked to contribute to these conversations
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Loading ...Orrin Hatch: Drug Test The Unemployed
Jun 22nd
Utah voters have reacted enthusiastically to Sen. Orrin Hatch’s legislation to drug test the unemployed and those receiving other forms of government cash assistance, the Utah Republican told the Huffington Post after introducing his measure last week. “A lot of people are saying, ‘Hey, it’s about time.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Saul Friedman: Libertarians: The Paranoid Style In American Politics
Jun 22nd
Suddenly Libertarianism has become the newest fashion among the paranoid in American politics. But be not deceived; they are just as reactionary and extreme as their more deranged and schizophrenic political brethren on the far, far right who want to “take back” the government they hate in order to cripple it. But libertarians are getting a measure of respect in much of the main stream press, and approval by 38 percent of Americans, largely as a result of its two most prominent figures, Rep
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Andrea Chalupa: Visible Vote: Easy Civic Engagement, Y’all!
Jun 21st
During the battle royale for health care that gained us a mighty inch, I had my House rep.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Richard (RJ) Eskow: Simpson’s Social Security Video Rant: Why It’s Important
Jun 19th
A video of retired Sen. Alan Simpson’s foulmouthed rant toward activist Alex Lawson is making the Internet rounds, as well it should: The sheer audacity and rudeness of the guy makes this clip “must-see TV.” It’s a political bloopers reel (it can be seen at the bottom of this post)
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jeff Faux: Unemployment; The New "Washington Consensus"
Jun 18th
The Washington Consensus is a term long used for the harsh austerity imposed by the International Monetary Fund and other lenders on troubled third world economies. Under its dictates, unemployment and lowered incomes, rather than being the problems of insufficient economic growth, are its solutions.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Andrew Reinbach: Welcome to the United States of Dystopia
Jun 17th
Modern medicine is killing America. Not the way you think. Thanks to modern medicine, more infants live to be adults
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tea Party Candidates Begin Toning Down Their Views — On Fox News, No Less (VIDEO)
Jun 14th
The moderation of the Tea Party seems to have begun, as a number of the movement’s high-profile candidates transition from primary battles to general election campaigns. On Monday morning, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharon Angle told “Fox and Friends” that, contrary to popular belief, she does not in fact want Social Security to be privatized.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert Kuttner: Don’t Blame the Dream of Home Ownership
Jun 14th
Here is a fable that is making the rounds.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...George Davis: Obama is Black but He’d Better Not Say So
Jun 11th
Against blatant racism there are weapons and white allies; against stealth racism, not so many. It is now politically incorrect to call anyone a racist, even if they are.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Memo To Deficit Hawks: Here’s $1 Trillion To Cut — From The Pentagon
Jun 11th
When you think about ways to tame the nation’s long-term deficit, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Slashing benefits for the old and sick? Or taking a few whacks at the spectacularly bloated defense budget
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama’s Social Security Number: What’s Up With This Latest Birther Conspiracy?
Jun 11th
So the new new thing in Birtherism — the hot conspiracy for interplanetary peyote-monkeys — involves the complaint that President Barack Obama has a “Connecticut Social Security Number” — which seems pretty pointless, unless I’ve been overlooking that section of the Constitution that renders people with such Social Security numbers ineligible to serve as President of the United States. This whole matter came up in a White House briefing after Birther White House Correspondent Les Kinsolving peppered Robert Gibbs with questions about the matter that were raised by interplanetary peyote-monkey digest WorldNetDaily: [WATCH] So, this matter is pretty easily dispensed with
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tea Party Putting Their Stamp On Midterm Election Races
Jun 11th
WASHINGTON — The tea party movement shows some growing pains, but it still wields remarkable powers to shape the Republican Party and set up a fall election with unconventional candidates and stark choices for voters. In two high-profile primary elections Tuesday, establishment GOP candidates were stunned by come-from-behind winners backed by tea party activists and other conservatives who don’t necessarily associate with that loose-knit group. National Republican leaders are sifting through the results
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bill Clinton To Democratic Incumbents: ‘Never Give Up’
Jun 11th
LAS VEGAS — Bill Clinton says Democratic incumbents can’t run away from their records, so they might as well embrace them. “Tell your story,” the former president advised Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other embattled Democrats
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Saul Friedman: The Longest Day And the Longest War
Jun 11th
Ordinarily, this column, devoted to issues confronting older Americans doesn’t get into more cosmic subjects of war and peace. But the bloviating former headmaster who spoke too long at my granddaughter’s graduation lost an opportunity to the graduates something they ought to know
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Stacy Sanders: Growing Old in West Virginia – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Jun 10th
When it comes to aging in place, there’s a lot to learn from West Virginia. It is the nation’s second oldest state and with a burgeoning aging population and high poverty rates, West Virginia faces many challenges in meeting the needs of its older adults. What’s good.
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