Nancy Altman

Dick Durbin: Sacrificing Social Security, Recovery?

Curtis Black | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Dave Johnson, Russ Feingold, Nancy Altman, Social Security, Jobs Crisis, Tea Party, Strengthen Social Security, Robert Reich, Debt Crisis, President Obama, Deficit Reduction Commission, Federal Deficit, People's Budget, Center for America's Future, Dick Durbin, Bill Daley, Medicaid, Entitlement Reform, Citizens for Tax Justice, Senator Bernie Sanders, Debt Ceiling, Robert Borosage, William Greider, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Center for Economic Policy and Research, American Dream Movement, Elizabeth Drew, Senator Richard Durbin, Medicare, Gang of Six, Dean Baker, Chicago News
Curtis Black

Now that the debt ceiling crisis is behind us, it's time to take a look at Senator Durbin's role in shifting the debate away from the jobs crisis and legitimizing attacks on Social Security.

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What People of Color Should Know About Tax Cut and Deficit Reduction Proposals

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Ethnicity, President Obama, Nancy Altman, Deficit Commission, Race, Barack Obama, Bush Tax Cuts, Deficit, Erskine Bowles, Federal Budget Deficit, Fiscal Racism, People of Color, Racism, Alan Simpson, Maya Rockeymoore, Politics News
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore

Any weakening of Social Security (which could happen if a proposed payroll tax 'holiday' passes) would devastate communities of color who are heavily reliant on Social Security's retirement, disability, and survivor's benefits.

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What Social Security Report Says vs. What They Tell You It Says

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicare, Nancy Altman, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Campaign for America's Future, Media News
Dave Johnson

Social Security is not broken. If we fight the myths and the anti-government lies it will be there for all of us.

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Former Obama Advisors Call Out His Hedge Fund-Staffed Deficit Commission

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, John Conyers, Bill Clinton, Nancy Altman, Erskine Bowles, John Boehner, Eric Kingson, Jonathan Gruber, Deficit Commission, Pete Peterson, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

It appears there are no new ideas circulating within Obama's deficit commission. Just the long, patient plans of hedge fund billionaires who want to dismantle the social safety net and not pay their taxes.

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