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How Social Security Has Changed Over the Years »

By bert on Feb 16, 2009 in Age Discrimination, American Consumers, Banking Institutions, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Health Care, Illegal Aliens, Medicare, Social Security | 20 Comments

(bumped up from earlier this evening — it is the most fascinating history, and a true must-read! – Susan) In the first post on our nation’s Social Security system I tried to give a brief history of how the program came about and the immediate needs of people suffering from the Depression that caused FDR [...]

Ruin your health with the Obama stimulus plan. Better yet, just die. »

By Uppity Woman on Feb 10, 2009 in Barack Obama, Health Care, Medicare, Obama Administration, Obama's Cabinet, Tom Daschle | 197 Comments

Editor’s Note: Thanks, Uppity, for a great piece, for which I’m planning a follow-up. This is precisely what terrified me about Obama’s health care and privatization plans for Social Security, which his ga-ga supporters utterly ignored because they were in fantasy land over this phony baloney post-partisanship (whatever that is, well, it’s nothing but B.S. [...]

[Update x3] Is Judd Gregg Really What the Democrats Want? »

By SusanUnPC on Feb 3, 2009 in Commerce, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Judd Gregg, Medicare, Social Security, Tom Daschle | 65 Comments

Bumped up from early morning, with these additional thoughts: UPDATE #3 (uh, did Obama know this when he decided on Gregg?): “Gregg Voted to Kill Commerce Before He Agreed to Lead It”, CQ Politics, February 2, 2009: President Obama’s new candidate to run the Commerce Department voted in favor of abolishing the agency as a [...]

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