Social Security

Background
Background on Social Security

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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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Latest News

United Way: Legal Changes for Charities in teh Pension Reforem Act of 2006 (8/23/06)
Philadelphia Inquirer: A New Front In Battle Over Social Security (2/8/06)
WP Op-Ed: Bush Revives Social Security Privatization (2/8/06)
Philadelphia Daily News: Bush's Stealth Attack on Social Security Disability (1/3/05)
WashPost: Bush Social Security Plan Laid to Rest (11/15/05)

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Policy Analyses and Research

Resources
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

Research
CBPP: What The New Trustees' Report Shows About Social Security (5/1/06)
CBPP: SSA Proposal To Revise Disability Determinations Is Not Justified; African-Americans Would Be Disproportionately Affected (4/18/06)
CBPP: African-Americans and Social Security: The Implications of Reform Proposals (1/18/06)

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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)

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