Mitch McConnell: Cut Medicare Or Else
Mitch McConnell has confirmed, beyond any doubt, what we knew all along — that the GOP is hell-bent on cutting social programs even if doing so is unnecessary. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
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Artist – Jen Sorensen In other news, President Obama is expected to announce a “Buffet Tax” (named after its progenitor Warren Buffet) on Monday morning which would raise taxes on persons making more...
View ArticleSocial Security Is Not Bankrupt. Not Even Close.
The 2012 Social Security Trustees Report was issued the other day and — surprise — Social Security isn’t bankrupt like everyone in the press and in the Republican Party (and Democratic Party in some...
View ArticleKilling Medicare By Pretending to Save It
My Wednesday column: Here’s precisely why raising the Medicare eligibility age appears to be the only solution to keeping the program solvent: the Republican Party, which hates Medicare and always has,...
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