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Democracy vs. Dollarocracy
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/04/01

Youth Will Pay the Price of Austerity
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/04/04

Progressives Push Back Against Obama s Social Security, Medicare Austerity
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/06-0

Cut Social Security And Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/09-5

What About Medicare and Social Security?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/21-4

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Austerity Can Kill You, Literally

Julien Mercille, Truthout: A major new study published in the esteemed medical journal The Lancet makes clear that austerity policies adopted in Southern Europe have produced health care crises.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15469-austerity-can-kill-you-literally



Social Security Cuts: More Than Money at Stake

Ira Chernus, History News Network: The Obama administration threatens to cut social security benefits under the failed idea that the program is not as important today as it was under FDR.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15600-social-security-cuts-more-than-money-at-stake



The President Offers to Cut Social Security and Republicans Agree

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: Obama is engaging in a brand of ''bipartisanship'' we don t need. The president throws things on the table before the Republicans have even sat down for dinner.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15645-bi-partisanship-we-dont-need-the-president-offers-to-cut-social-security-and-republicans-agree



Europe s Leaders Disregard Anti-Austerity Logic

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: How can European policymakers ignore the key argument of their critics?

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15898-europes-leaders-disregard-anti-austerity-logic



Social Security s Explosive Injustices

Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: The proposed reduction from current levels in Social Security benefits comes on top of glaring decades-old abuse of the system. It remains to be seen whether cuts will be the spark that ignites widespread popular resistance.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16213-social-securitys-explosive-injustices

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Obama s Social Security Cuts Are Our Wake-Up Call

By Richard Eskow

How many more cuts can the American people stand?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34541.htm



Who Will Save Social Security And Medicare?

By Shamus Cooke

Before Social Security and Medicare existed, the elderly were either completely dependent on their children or were left to beg in the streets. These programs thus remain sacred to the vast majority of Americans. They allow the elderly dignity and independence instead of poverty and insecurity.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34542.htm



The Elephant in the Room: Militarism

By Jeff Cohen

Today there s an elephant in the room: a huge, yet ignored, issue that largely explains why Social Security is now on the chopping block. And why other industrialized countries have free college education and universal healthcare, but we don t.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34553.htm



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