Democrats Urge Against Budget Cuts In Letter to Obama

Sixteen Democratic senators wrote to President Obama telling him that they don’t want to see budget cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid in his annual budget. In last year’s budget, Obama proposed changing the way the government calculates inflation. This would have reduced retirement benefits as well as increased some taxes. The budget had…

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Democrats Clash Over Social Security Benefits

Third Way, a centrist, democratic think tank has recently come under a lot of heat for their stance on Social Security. Surprisingly enough, the pressure isn’t coming from the Republicans, but from fellow democratic organizations such as Social Security Works and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Although Third Way and the groups protesting are all…

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