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End the wars! Tax the rich!
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 8/07/11
The recent federal debt limit deal passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by president Obama promises at least $2.1 trillion in spending cuts and lower interest payments over the next ten years. This deal did not include any savings from ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or from restoring higher taxes for the rich.
Medicare, Social Security, Tea Party
Federal debt deal signals new era of austerity
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 8/05/11
On Aug. 2, President Obama signed into law a bipartisan deal to raise the federal debt limit and cut federal spending.
austerity, Debt ceiling, federal debt, Medicare, Social Security
The Bipartisan Senate Proposal: Don’t believe the hype
BY Masao Suzuki | United States | 7/26/11
The Bipartisan Senate Proposal is being pushed by the so-called Gang of Six - Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia), Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), and Mark Warner (D-Virginia). Four of them were members of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform which was unable to pass a proposal to cut the Federal Budget deficit. This proposal has been welcomed by President Obama, who said that he endorsed the thrust of the proposal.
Bipartisan Senate Proposal, Gang of Six, Medicare, Social Security
Where did the federal government debt come from?
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 7/09/11
In less than a month, the federal government will have to either raise the limit on how much it can borrow, or will have to slash spending by $120 billion each month.
federal government debt, Medicare, Social Security
Deficit Commission Chairs’ Proposals Open the Doors to Even More Austerity for Working People
BY Masao Suzuki | United States | 11/15/10
The recommendations of the bi-partisan deficit reduction commission open the doors to even more austerity for working people while proposing lower tax rates for the well-to-do.
Barack Obama, Deficit Commission, Economic Crisis, Social Security
Stop Attacks on Social Security
BY Adam Price | United States | 2/01/05
George Bush is trying to scare the American people into privatizing Social Security by claiming that there will be a crisis 40 years from now.
Argentina, britain, privatization, Social Security
Bush, Wall Street: Keep Your Hands Off Social Security!
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 1/02/05
Over the past four years, retired workers have faced a double-barreled attack as companies do away with their retiree health plans and dump their pension plans.
privatization, Social Security
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