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Jackson Clarion Ledger
February 11, 2018
Let's at least give low-income Americans the option to get out of Social Security and invest in personal retirement accounts to build ownership and wealth that can be bequeathed to others. This would be a great way to celebrate Black History Month. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, CenterÃÂ ...
ThinkProgress
February 6, 2018
Rubio doesn't want the federal government to pay for paid family leave, but rather require individuals to withdraw from their Social Security benefits ... idea of partial privatization, at long last, public opinion will undergo a sea change to embrace personal accounts or other substantial Social Security reforms.
MyAJC
February 6, 2018
With all the handwringing about gaps in wealth and income in our country, if we were serious we would have policies that promote, rather than prohibit, ownership. Let's at least give low-income Americans the option to get out of Social Security and invest in personal retirement accounts to build ownershipÃÂ ...
The Federalist
February 2, 2018
Notably, this paid leave proposal would be structured to be at least revenue-neutral for Social Security, or it could even be designed to improve Social ... of partial privatization, at long last, public opinion will undergo a sea change to embrace personal accounts or other substantial Social Security reforms.
Motley Fool
January 31, 2018
has a long history of making controversial reform proposals, including partial privatization of the Social Security program and mandating investment in stock- and bond-based annuities upon retirement. Other lawmakers have sought to raise the full retirement age and make changes to benefit formulas thatÃÂ ...
Jacksonville Journal-Courier
December 31, 1999
His announcement that he was a candidate the next month included “Save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cuts. Have to do it.” In July 2015, he said, “The Republicans ... is in favor of privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney, also favors privatization.
Pensions & Investments
December 31, 1999
Even during the 1988 debates on the possible privatization of Social Security, conservatives argued that could give the government effective control over companies because individuals have no control over their individual Social Security accounts. All control rests with the Social Security Administration,ÃÂ ...
Motley Fool
December 31, 1999
This would allow the federal government the liberty of deciding how much money would be apportioned to Social Security each year. Another arguably atrocious idea was a limited privatization of the program, which was pitched in the mid-2000's under former President George W. Bush. Privatization wouldÃÂ ...
In These Times
December 12, 2017
Torches lit Tegucigalpa's night sky, and a cacophony of noisemakers and chants rang out, as hundreds of Hondurans, led by youth, marched to the U.S. embassy to protest alleged election fraud. The demonstration for democracy on Dec. 8 took place amid the worst political crisis to grip the CentralÃÂ ...
Naples Daily News
December 12, 2017
I received the annual notice from Social Security today touting an increase of 2 percent "because of a rise in the cost of living. .... Scott Pruitt and Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose agendas are antithetical to their agencies' missions and who stand to gain most from privatization.
Odessa American
December 12, 2017
Conyers opposes the privatization of Social Security. The libertarian think tank CATO Institute calculates that because blacks die at a younger age, there is a net transfer of about $10,000 from black workers to non-black workers. Conyers does not understand the connection between the welfare state andÃÂ ...
New Haven Register
December 4, 2017
As a result, Republicans will likely move to cut funding to all of America's social programs, from food stamps to Medicare and Social Security, with privatization being the final goal. This is consistent with long-term goals of the Republican Party. Going back to the New Deal and the Great Society, large partsÃÂ ...
The Hill
December 4, 2017
The GOP's 2018 budget resolution calls for $500 billion in Medicare cuts, largely by adopting Speaker Ryan's privatization scheme. To add insult to injury, unless Congress waives the PAYGO (or Pay-as-You-go) provision in federal budget law, the tax bill will trigger an immediate $25 billion cut to Medicare,ÃÂ ...
MLive.com
December 2, 2017
In this 2005 file photo, Rep. Sander Levin talks with people gathered at the Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek for a town hall meeting focusing against the privatization Social Security. The meeting was organized by Michigan Citizen Action.( Kalamazoo Gazette ). Comment. 0 shares. By DanielleÃÂ ...
HuffPost
December 2, 2017
Just as Rubio recently revealed the true motivations and goals of the tax scam, back in 2005 a top Bush Administration staffer wrote a confidential memo explaining the real reason Republicans were pushing Social Security privatization. The memo, which was fortuitously leaked, stated, “For the first time inÃÂ ...
Beckley Register-Herald
December 31, 1999
As a result, Republicans will likely move to cut funding to all of America's social programs, from food stamps to Medicare and Social Security, with privatization being the final goal. This is consistent with long-term goals of the Republican Party. Going back to the New Deal and the Great Society, large partsÃÂ ...
World Socialist Web Site
March 24, 2017
These claims disregard not only the social security surplus, of which Brazil's pension system is part, but also the fact that almost half of the federal budget is used to pay the corrupt public debt to the international financial institutions.
teleSUR English
March 22, 2017
While Moreno represents a continuity of the policies that have seen increased state intervention - and investment - into areas like education and health, Lasso has been promoting a rollback of the public sector and a push for greater privatization ...
Twin Cities Daily Planet
March 22, 2017
"I hear every day from people who are counting on Social Security and Medicare to make ends meet. Last year, more than 900,000 Minnesotans benefited from Medicare and more than 94,000 people relied on Supplemental Security Income through SocialÃÂ ...
Daily Herald
March 20, 2017
On her CrowdPac page, Allen says she is against the privatization of things like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. "No one should face bankruptcy due to medical bills. Illness is not a moral failing," the CrowdPac page states. "Prevention is ...
Paste Magazine
March 20, 2017
... of these coveted constituencies, "New Democrats" think, is to stand rock-solid on, say, the pro-choice position while making endless concessions on economic issues, on welfare, NAFTA, Social Security, labor law, privatization, deregulation and the ...
The News-Press
March 20, 2017
Their goal is not only to "repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) but also to fundamentally change Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid through privatization, block grants and so-called "health savings accounts." Quote: "The Florida RepublicanÃÂ ...
POLITICO Magazine
March 20, 2017
It wasn't until 2005, after John Kerry's razor-thin loss, that Democrats finally found their mojo, rallying to beat back Social Security privatization. Personal experience also left me dubious. On the day after the 2016 election, informally ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 20, 2017
Sunday letter writer Roger Richardson makes a common assumption about Social Security: He believes it is a savings account and that his money will be returned to him in retirement.
Tampabay.com (blog)
March 20, 2017
Social Security and Medicare represent America's promise that after a lifetime of hard work and paying into the system, senior citizens have earned greater financial security in their golden years, free from abject poverty.
Workday Minnesota
March 20, 2017
As part of an on-going campaign to stop the privatization of Medicare and Social Security, union and Working America (link is external) members delivered petitions signed by several hundred Minnesotans to the St. Paul office of U.S.
Daily Herald
March 19, 2017
Kathryn Allen poses for a photo in her home Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Cottonwoods Heights. After being unsatisfied with the current political climate in Utah, she has decided to run as a Democrat against U.S.
Motley Fool
March 19, 2017
He's also on record as being in favor of a partial privatization of Social Security, according to nonpartisan website InsideGov.
MarketWatch
March 16, 2017
You want to coordinate the best way to tap Social Security, pensions, personal retirement accounts, annuities, and other income resources.
Patch.com
March 15, 2017
... implement a balanced budget amendment; repeal the Affordable Care Act; roll out block-grant Medicaid programs to states; create Social Security personal retirement accounts; and to implement various tax reform measures such as reducing or ...
Consortium News
March 14, 2017
And what of privatization of public lands? How do Republicans get away with calling that "conservative?" Doesn't "public" mean for the community?
The Fiscal Times
March 14, 2017
Citing reports by the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security and Medicare trustees, Joyce Rogers, senior vice president for governmental affairs at AARP voiced concern that the Republican replacement plan could "hasten the insolvency of ...
World Socialist Web Site
March 14, 2017
... established in the 1960s and even in the 1930s, from Clinton's abolition of Aid to Families with Dependent Children to Bush's targeting of aid to public education with his "No Child Left Behind" legislation, co-authored by Democrat Edward Kennedy ...
SaintPetersBlog (blog)
March 14, 2017
I hope Foster Shock will let people see the dysfunction under privatization and move them to demand action." The CBCs - routinely staffed by personnel who are not licensed social workers, certified master social workers or licensed clinical ... Florida ...
Roll Call
March 14, 2017
George W. Bush might have passed immigration reform in 2005 if he did not get sidetracked with a foolhardy attempt at Social Security privatization. In my view, the Democratic Party would be in stronger shape at the moment if Obama had made the 2012ÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
March 12, 2017
Ryan, who has long advocated for the privatization of Social Security, now fights for an Obamacare repeal plan that also takes billions from Medicare.
Motley Fool
March 12, 2017
When Social Security came into being more than 80 years ago, the program's architects never foresaw the rapid rise in baby births after World War II, nor could they have foreseen that improved health education, medicines, and access to healthcare would ...
Task & Purpose
March 11, 2017
It also fed the narrative that American business could get things done that government couldn't, feeding the move toward privatization. The businessman was big-money tech entrepreneur - and later third-party presidential ... Electronic Data Systems ...
Huntington Herald Dispatch
March 11, 2017
How disappointing that Kelli Sobonya, delegate from the 18th District in Cabell County, voted to increase cancer-causing chemicals and other toxins into our state's water by voting for HB 2506 during a session of the House Judiciary Committee!
The Week Magazine
March 10, 2017
Back in 2005, the GOP tried to push a privatization of Social Security long beloved by conservative ideologues. But it fizzled despite the Republicans' control of the House, Senate, and White House because they never could cobble together a majority ...
World Socialist Web Site
March 8, 2017
The Republicans' new attack on Medicaid is the first volley in the assault on Medicare and Social Security, which have lifted millions out of poverty.
Herald & Review (blog)
March 8, 2017
Davis says he wants to fix Social Security and Medicare, but gives no specifics. It is privatization, which makes more millionaires who will hide their money in offshore accounts to avoid their fair share of taxes.
HollandSentinel.com
March 7, 2017
Whenever a successful public program shows any need of improvement, the vultures swoop in screaming over and over the word "failure" and the cure: privatization/competition. Social Security is not failing; nor is Medicare; nor is the ACA (be aware that ...
Center for Research on Globalization
March 6, 2017
... new budget will be paid for by slashing food stamps and other essential programs, while the ultra-reactionaries appointed to key agencies set their sights on the privatization of public education and the elimination of Medicare, Medicaid and Social ...
The Nation.
March 6, 2017
Today we face a renewed threat of privatization that could dramatically thrust the American people deeper into poverty. The privatization of Medicare will make health services inaccessible to millions of elderly. The privatization of Social Security ...
Motley Fool
March 6, 2017
One of the ideas that's been floated around multiple times, often by members of the Republican Party, is to consider a partial privatization of Social Security. What's meant by "privatization" is diverting a percentage of your payroll tax contributions ...
Motley Fool
March 5, 2017
According to data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), 71% of unmarried elderly individuals rely on their Social Security benefits to account for at least half of their monthly income. However, this vital source of income for seniors could be ...
Lansing State Journal
March 4, 2017
Bishop about Social Security. American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has urged its members to write their congressperson about that representative's positions on the privatization of Medicare and Social Security. I have written several emails ...
Northwest Now
March 3, 2017
Residents shared their concerns over the future of Medicare and Social Security benefits in Lannon. "I'm concerned about the privatization of Medicare," said one Lannon audience member. "When you are 80 years old and have cancer, you don't have theÃÂ ...
Pine Island Eagle
March 1, 2017
Their target is not only the ACA, they are also looking to fundamentally change Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid through privatization, block grants and so-called "health savings accounts." The "privatization" of Medicare would end a health careÃÂ ...
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