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Cory Booker2 days ago3 min read

Booker and Warren: Hard-Working Americans Who Play By The Rules Deserve Retirement Security

By Senator Cory Booker and Senator Elizabeth Warren

Doctors have a sworn obligation to put the best interests of their patients’ above all other…

Lessig in Lessig on the IssuesOct 16, 20153 min read

Social & Financial Security

The market is a powerful engine for economic growth. We should encourage it where appropriate, and celebrate the achievements that are inspired by its freedom.

But there are spheres of social life that need to be protected from the market. Federal policy…

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Colette Clarke TorresMar 191 min read

Is there a name for that… that… thing that isn’t capitalism but is pretending to be because companies win?

Well, I suppose he’d say “No.”

Vicki Nemeth

Yes, it is called “privatizing” and we hear it all the time regarding our health, our prison systems, our retirement savings, our education, Social Security, our water and any and everything that will fill their corporate benefactors pockets while sending jobs overseas. And still, they don’t see the irony. And still most vote against their own…

I just wrote a very long detailed response to this, but Medium lost it.

Basically, pensioners are completely protected — paying no tax, & getting 2.5% rises every year. Also, a lot are on final salary pensions, something that pretty much no longer exists for today’s workers (outside of government of course!) so have more disposable income than anyone else!

Paula Paul CookFeb 122 min read

I have always respected your father, now so even more.

Patricia O'Gorman, PhD

I am a no body. I have a doctorate in life. Why do so many people see pro-life and anti- life in the conservative constitutional libertarian movement? I am pro- life , I don’t know how in this day of technology you can deny it? I grew up in the 70's, so I am coming at this from both directions. Our concern, is it is not the role of the government to…

Maya RockeymooreFeb 45 min read

African Americans, Social Security, and the 2016 Elections

As Ta-Nehisi Coates and Steve Phillips…

Chatham HouseSep 18, 20153 min read

The European Welfare State: Five Things You Should Know

1. ‘Skivers’ are not bankrupting the state

CEPRMar 302 min read

Still Working Hard: An Update on the Share of Older Workers in Physically Demanding Jobs

A recurring theme in debates over Social Security policy is that workers should be encouraged to work later into their lives by raising the age at which they can get full benefits…

Ester Bloom in The BillfoldFeb 154 min read

More Money, More Life

Increasingly, The Richer You Are, The Longer You’ll Live

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Danielle Beaver and FrankJul 2, 20153 min read

What to Expect at Your Upcoming Social Security Hearing

If the Social Security Administration (SSA) denied your initial application for disability benefits, you can appeal. If the SSA grants your appeal, you are entitled to a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to better prove…