THE DEBT CEILING AND SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS For all the public posturing, threats and uninformed chatter over looming default by the U.S. government, you may have noticed an eerie silence from politician- and medialand on this topic: if the debt…
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I just finished a cross-country road trip and in nearly every state I visited I was struck by the upheaval and turmoil surrounding state budget battles and the lack of compassion in the budget cuts to programs designed to serve and protect elders. Unfortunately, at the moment we’re facing the largest surge of older adults […]
Continue Reading Two hundred thirty-five years ago, the 13 colonies issued their Declaration of Independence from the King of England. The most important and stirring passage of that document is this: ”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are…
Continue Reading This evening, the good folks at the Strengthen Social Security organization and Brave New Films are co-hosting a live, online town hall to premier a new film. ”The short and gripping video from Brave New Films, Social Security Echo Chamber,…
Continue Reading It was a shocker early Friday morning when, in a front page Wall Street Journal story*, AARP reversed its long-standing opposition to cuts in Social Security. According to WSJ reporter Laura Meckler, "AARP now has concluded that change is inevitable,…
Continue Reading On Tuesday morning, my first thought upon waking was this: I hate John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Ron Scott of Florida, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Rick Perry of Texas…
Continue ReadingOver the weekend, I was thinking about the story I told you last Friday about my short, accidental (almost) foray into politics in relation to Representative Anthony Wiener’s (D-NY) recent debacle – along with those of the politicians who came…
Continue ReadingIn civics class, back when I was in sixth grade – I remember this clearly – my teacher told us that in enacting legislation, government officials make choices that will do the greatest good for the largest number of citizens….
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