Background on this topic
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Social Security
Background Background on Social Security Latest News Public News Service: Poll: CO Retirees Depend on Social Security, Oppose Changes (7/20/11) The Philadelphia Enquierer: A Retirement Deficit That's Only Deepening (11/30/10) CBPP: Social Security Shortfall Warrants Action Soon (11/9/10) Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: No Time to Weaken Social Security (11/3/10) Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: Protect and Defend Social Security, Even While Reducing the Deficit (11/1/10)
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Policy Analyses and Research Research CEPR: Letter to Senator Michael Bennet on Social Security Comments (November 2010) CBPP: Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty: A State-by-State Analysis (8/11/10) EPI: Social Security and the Federal Budget (4/14/10) CBPP: Case for a Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment in 2010 is Weak: If Policymakers Feel a Need to Act, They Should Consider a One-Time Payment (10/15/09) CBPP: Update: What the 2009 Trustees' Report Shows About Social Security (5/18/09) CBPP: Immigration and Social Security (11/20/08) CBPP: What The New Trustees' Report Shows About Social Security (5/1/06)
Resources Generations United: Social Security, Children and Families Resource (July 2010) Americans United to Protect Social Security Century Foundation: Social Security Network CHN Briefing Materials: Social Security, Vital and Not Just for Retirees (1/7/05) National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare => More Policy Analyses and Research
Government Resources
CBO: Analysis of GROW Accounts (9/13/05) JEC: Rising Health Care Costs Undermine Social Security COLA Adjustment (July 2004) CBO: The Outlook for Social Security (June 2004) CBO: Administrative Costs of Private Accounts in Social Security (3/27/04) PL 108-203 Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (signed into law 3/2/04) => More Government Resources
Take Action! Tell Congress: Social Security Privatization STILL Won't Work!
CHN Social Security Updates August 11, 2005 - "Cut The Cake, Not The Benefits!" - Find A 70th Birthday Event In Your State July 22, 2005 - Activities To Protect Social Security, Greatest Anti-Poverty Program In America July 1, 2005 - Tell Congress: Privatization STILL Won't Work! June 10, 2005 - Social Security's "Crisis": The Myth That Won't Die May 6, 2005 - President's Benefit Cuts: Not Progressive, Not Voluntary, Not Necessary
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