Young people and Social Security
There is no shortage of articles claiming that young people do not believe Social Security will be there to pay them benefits when they need it. It is worth taking a look at [...]
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Elizabeth Warren calls for raise in Social Security benefits
Elizabeth Warren wants Social Security beneficiaries to get the same raise top CEOs got last year. The Democratic Massachusetts Senator introduced legislation that would give [...]
Why the zero increase in Social Security benefits is unjust
The cost of living is rising for seniors and people with disabilities, but Social Security benefits are not. Social Security announced October 15 that there will be no rise [...]
Strengthening Social Security may decrease Alzheimer’s disease
A groundbreaking new study shows that increasing Social Security benefits by a modest amount can result in improved cognition for seniors, possibly delaying the onset of [...]
Bernie Sanders explains why and how we should expand Social Security
[fbvideo link=”https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=911691105552561″ width=”500″ height=”400″ onlyvideo=”1″] In this video, [...]
Social Security, unlike the stock market, is idiot-proof
Photo: Rafael Matsunaga CC BY 2.0 Designing a product to be “idiot-proof” is not an insult to the consumer. We all do stupid things sometimes, and it is just good [...]
Rising inequality harms Social Security, because the rich don’t pay their share
Economic inequality is the most pressing issue in the United States today, as we race to become a nation of billionaires and beggars. It is inherently unjust that while the [...]
Movement growing to expand Social Security
Many workers are realizing that they are not able to save enough through their 401(k)s to fund their retirement. Momentum is building for another solution: expanding Social [...]
Two million citizens petition Congress to strengthen, not cut, Social Security
On March 12, a petition was delivered to Congress with the signatures of two million citizens calling for Social Security to be expanded, not cut. “The majority of [...]
Senator Bernie Sanders’ plan would fund Social Security through 2060 by making the rich pay their fair share
Senator Bernie Sanders Every worker is familiar with Social Security taxes, the 6.2 percent of earnings that is taken out of every paycheck to fund the Social Security [...]
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