Category Archives: Social Security
They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney that Social Security would get cut . . .
. . . and they were right! Joan McCarter at Cheetoville: President Obama considering putting social insurance cuts in his budget The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are reporting that President Obama is “strongly considering” including cuts to … Continue reading
They warned me if I voted for Mitt Romney that Social Security would get cut.
They were right: As part of the fiscal showdown negotiations, President Obama has proposed cutting Social Security for almost all current and future beneficiaries. Damn you Mitt Romney!
I really don’t want to eat cat food
There is a lot of misinformation about Social Security out there. I know this is true because at least half of what I read is inconsistent with the other half of what’s out there. Here is a paragraph from Kim/Riverdaughter/Goldberry’s … Continue reading
Late Night is for Night Owls
About to head to bed here in a bit, but thought I’d share this beautiful manufacturing job by TPTB: 04.2012 Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians’ reluctance to … Continue reading
Compare and Contrast
Two different views of last night’s SOTU response by Rep. Paul Ryan: Paul Krugman: The Ryan Response … was as bad as you might expect. Lots of breast-beating about deficits; you’d never know that no leading Republican, Ryan very much … Continue reading
