On AlterNet: social security
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "social security"
Nan Mooney, AlterNet. September 17, 2009.
Surprising numbers of workers in their 20s and 30s have little faith in their retirement security. Here's why they should be more optimistic.
Annalee Newitz, io9. June 1, 2009.
You heard it here first: The next evolution of identity management in the U.S. will grow out of Facebook. So watch what you out in your profile.
Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. May 13, 2009.
Reports of Social Security's demise are greatly exaggerated.
Dean Baker, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.
The top priority for the anti-Granny lobby is to cut Social Security and Medicare.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 26, 2009.
If it were looted, it might produce enough in fat management fees alone to resuscitate Wall Street's ailing financial giants.
Robert Kuttner, The Washington Post. February 24, 2009.
Gutting Social Security and Medicare to pay for the sins of Wall Street is a perverse idea.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. February 23, 2009.
If "there's no intention to touch Social Security in the foreseeable future," why doesn't Gibbs say it?
David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 23, 2009.
Why is Obama is adamant about focusing the debate over entitlement reform even partially on Social Security and not on universal health care?
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. February 20, 2009.
When did the "liberal" position become that "modest tax hikes and benefit cuts on social security" are necessary?
Dean Baker, Comment Is Free. February 20, 2009.
Here's a cheap and effective form of economic stimulus -- tell America's baby boomers that their welfare benefits are safe.
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 18, 2009.
Don't discount the possibility that Social Security could actually be cut even under a Democratic trifecta.
William Greider, TheNation.com. February 18, 2009.
Although Obama has stated his support for Social Security, progressives need to fight against private interests who will push him to compromise.
William Greider, The Nation. February 14, 2009.
Behind closed doors, powerful interests are pushing Obama to tap Social Security to pay for bank bailouts. How he responds will shape his presidency.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 12, 2009.
People in the know indicate that things like raising the retirement age and cutting benefits are under consideration.
Shamus Cooke, Information Clearing House. December 19, 2008.
Unless things change fast, history will show that the phenomenon of "retirement" was limited to one generation.
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. November 28, 2008.
Peter Orszag, Barack Obama’s choice to head the budget office, is on record favoring a reduction in Social Security benefits.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Election 2008. October 8, 2008.
The moral of the story is, if you've got a problem, John McCain has a table.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 14, 2008.
It's ok, this video is only on the internets so McCain will probably never see it.
Natasha Chart, MyDD.com AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2008.
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security ... you would not hear of that party again in our ... history." -Eisenhower
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 5, 2008.
McCain favors ... well, he's hard to pin down. Obama's being cagey, too.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. July 25, 2008.
People are discovering they have been forced into a system in which others have gambled with their retirement savings and lost it.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 17, 2008.
The Beltway press has become dysfunctional, failing to see news when it happens and hyping non-stories that require no real reporting.
Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks AlterNet: Video. July 11, 2008.
Not in an I-want-to-make-it- better way, but more in a I-get-this-about-as-much-as-I-get- the-internet way.
Heidi Hartmann, The Women's Media Center. June 19, 2008.
In general, women need to stretch their resources to accommodate more mouths to feed and more years to live than men.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 13, 2008.
Tough-minded immigration policies keep backfiring, and the debate over them obscures the question of what really works and what doesn't.
