World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/14-0

Paul Ryan: Cruel, Not Courageous
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/14-7

Corporate Media Sing Paul Ryan s Praise
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/15

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How the Ryan Plan threatens middle-class retirement

Our Future Blog
by Nancy Altman

08/14/12

Generations of Americans have worked together to build our nation s Social Security system. Each citizen contributes through a lifetime of work, and each is entitled to claim an assured benefit to see him or her through retirement and old age, or in the event of a serious disability or the death of a working parent or spouse. The vast majority of Americans support this system, because it works. In an economy where most are dependent on wages, Social Security insures a worker and his or her dependents can continue to get a portion of those wages during old age or if death or disability strikes...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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