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Progressive Caucus tells deficit panel: “Take Social Security off the table”
August 30, 2010Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have told the two co-chairs of President Obama's deficit-cutting commission to "take Social Security off the table."
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“Most successful social insurance” celebrates 75th birthday with a warning
August 17, 2010“We are here today to celebrate it, and to demand that our elected officials keep their hands off of it,” said Nan Brasmer of the California Alliance of Retired Americans.
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At Social Security birthday party, Rosa DeLauro cuts the cake
August 16, 2010NEW HAVEN, Conn. - "The genius of the Social Security system is that it ties generations together," Rep. Rosa DeLauro said at a kickoff event for Social Security's 75th birthday.
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Social Security at 75 is under attack, again
August 16, 2010"There is no tragedy in growing old, but there is tragedy in growing old without means of support,"President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1934.
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Social Security’s 75th birthday spurs “Hands off” campaign
August 4, 2010NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The hot summer is heating up even more as the fight to preserve and extend Social Security becomes a front-burner issue in the 2010 elections.
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