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Dean Baker, The Center for Economic and Policy Research: 'The budget plan produced by the Senate's 'Gang of Six' offers the promise of huge tax breaks for some of the wealthiest people in the country, while lowering Social Security benefits for retirees and the disabled. Despite claiming that they will 'reform' Social Security on a 'separate track, isolated from deficit reduction,' the plan includes cuts to Social Security that would be felt in less than six months, as the plan calls for a new inflation formula that will reduce benefits by 0.3 percentage points a year compared with currently scheduled benefits. The plan also calls for a process that is likely to reduce benefits further for future retirees.'

http://www.truth-out.org/gang-six-plan-gives-tax-breaks-wealthy-social-security-cuts-ordinary-workers/1311112585



How the DoD Allows Contractors to Grade Themselves and Write Their Own Contract Terms

Dina Rasor, Truthout: 'The Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector Generals (IG) office recently found that the Marine Corps allowed their contractors for a vital troop protection system to act as government employees, including directing and evaluating government employees' work, grading their own work and writing up requirements for the follow-on contract. The contractors then bid on those requirements and won multimillion-dollar contracts.'

http://www.truth-out.org/dangerously-blurring-line/1311105728



Ed Schultz and Bernie Sanders: The Gang of Six Plan Will Devastate the Middle Class

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) speaks with Ed Schultz of MSNBCs 'The Ed Show.'

http://www.truth-out.org/ed-schultz-and-bernie-sanders-gang-six-plan-will-devastate-middle-class/1311172212

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How War Is Used To Redistribute Wealth

By Dennis Kucinich

'War Takes Money From The American People & Gives It To War Profiteers!'
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28644.htm



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