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U.S. Social Security is sustainable if sequestered military cuts are sustained
To understand the projected shortfall in U.S. Social Security over the next 75 years it is best to understand the trillions of dollars involved by comparison with other tax policies and priorities. This is what Robert Greenstein of the Center
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Poor Americans Struggle With High Health Care Costs
Washington :: DC :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The 2010 census also shows that a slightly higher figure, almost 50 million people, in the U.S. do not have health coverage. Nearly one-sixth of the U.S. population lives in poverty. Garrett Adams, a medical doctor in the southeastern United
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'Social Safety Net' Less Safe As Congress Debates Cuts
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 years ago
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March 5, 2011 As Congress and the White House debate cutting billions of dollars from the federal budget, there's little talk about protecting the social safety net, those government programs intended to help the poor and disadvantaged. That's a lot
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Nervous liberals say: Get your grubby hands off Social Security
Washington :: DC :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Divorce this conversation about deficit reduction from Social Security and making it a better program! Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) told a roomful of Social Security advocates on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Becerra, the ranking member of the House
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Senate leaders position to begin discuss on tax cuts
Senate leaders are planning to begin question on a far-reaching tax package as soon as Thursday as rank-and-file Democrats warm to an agreement between the White House and Republicans to expand a host of dying tax cuts and propel fresh
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