Social Security Deficit

Ryan Grim

Harry Reid: Social Security Is "Off The Table"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Congress debates measures to reduce the deficit, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) declared Social Security "off the table" in a web video...

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Don't Pass Tax Cuts for the Rich and Then Tell Me About Deficits

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Johnson

Next year, in the name of deficit reduction, Republicans will go after Social Security and everything else that benefits the middle class, and will hold the full faith and credit of our country hostage to get that.

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Ryan Grim

Public Opposes Cutting Social Security To Trim Deficit: New Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Social Security turns 75 this week and remains an intensely popular program with voters of all ages, who strongly oppose cutting it to reduce the defi...

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Social Security 'Under Greater Threat Now Than Under President Bush'

Christian Science Monitor | David R. Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Social Security system today faces a threat greater than the drive for partial privatization by George W. Bush....

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To Deficit Hawks: We the People Know Best on Social Security

Nancy Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Altman

Deficit hawks plotting to cut Social Security to reduce the deficit are seriously misguided. The truth is that Social Security contributes not a single penny to the deficit. Indeed, it is the poster child for fiscal responsibility.

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