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No Diet COLA for Seniors -- Fight the Freeze and Save Social Security

Marcy Winograd | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

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Marcy Winograd

If we accept the 2010 COLA freeze, if seniors fail to grab their bullhorns, then we may be looking at another freeze in 2012, 2013 and beyond, while the Right continues to hammer away at the big lie -- that we cannot afford Social Security.

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Social Security: The Red Ink Starts Next Year

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

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Eric Schurenberg

In case there was any doubt that Social Security won't be able to keep the promises it's making to anyone younger than, say, 55, the CBO now projects that Social Security will start operating at a deficit next year.

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Acting Like a Governor

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Fritz Hollings

The candidates have been campaigning for two years and have engaged in dozens of debates. However, the budget problem facing the next president has not been mentioned.

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