Tag Archives: Social Security

Chart of the Day: Poor elderly women to get screwed in fiscal cliff deal

By Maya | Published: December 19, 2012
Tweet After several offers and counteroffers, Congress and the President may be close to reaching a fiscal cliff deal. Part of that agreement involves cutting Social Security benefits by switching to calculating them based on chained CPI. According to Brad DeLong, “‘Chained-CPI’ is code for ‘let’s really impoverish some women in their 90s!’” Since women tend to [...]
Also tagged , , , | Comments closed

Quick Hit: Rick Santorum blames abortion for Social Security problems

By Vanessa | Published: March 30, 2011
TweetOh, Rick Santorum, you slay me. First you compare abortion to slavery, now abortion is responsible for current threats to Social Security. He said on a radio show yesterday in New Hampshire: “The social security system in my opinion is a flawed design, period. But, having said that, the design would work a lot better [...]
Also tagged , | Comments closed
165 queries. 0.344 seconds