Obama Angers GOP By Brushing Over Social Security
The GOP liked a lot of what it heard in President Obama's address Tuesday night about deficit reduction and personal responsibility. But Republicans ...
The GOP liked a lot of what it heard in President Obama's address Tuesday night about deficit reduction and personal responsibility. But Republicans ...
New York Times | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
President Obama is eager to seek a bipartisan solution to ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security, people who have spoken with him say, but h...
Dean Baker | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business
President Obama would be advised to focus his attention on getting the economy back in order instead of attacking the country's most important social program.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
Ignoring widespread criticism, even from within his own party, John McCain's presidential campaign launched on Wednesday a fresh and vicious wave of r...
Lois Whitmore | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home
There seems to be a lack of perceived connection for some of these voters between their lived experience and the candidates' positions and the party's practices. Voting choices seem to be more like chaos theory than enlightened self-interest.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics
With the financial world in an unpredictable crisis, the political debate has shifted sharply to the efficacy of turning government programs over to t...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
NEWARK, N.J. — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security on Saturday, saying ...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's bid to place a new Social Security tax on very high incomes is either a bold or foolhardy plan, depending on who cri...
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
John McCain tried to deny past comments on Social Security reform yesterday, a move which has exposed him to criticism from his rival as well as obscu...
The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The great Social Security debate of 2005 was a seminal moment for American progressives. Conventional fiscal wisdom in the Beltway was that the aging ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics