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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLiz Warren to the rescue, with a great way to pay for it too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-social-security-increase_563a722ce4b0b24aee48a970This may be here already but it is important
WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Warren would like to send every senior citizen and disabled veteran in America a check for $580.
The Democratic senator from Massachusetts said she thinks seniors got a raw deal when the Social Security Administration announced last month that, because prices haven't risen in the past year, Social Security benefits wouldn't be going up, either.
The Democratic senator from Massachusetts said she thinks seniors got a raw deal when the Social Security Administration announced last month that, because prices haven't risen in the past year, Social Security benefits wouldn't be going up, either.
The way she pays for this is brilliant and would be long term.
The cost of the bill would be offset by ending a tax "loophole" that allows businesses to write off performance-based executive compensation. Republicans control Congress and are unlikely to support the legislation.
No more tax loophole for outrageous bonuses.
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Liz Warren to the rescue, with a great way to pay for it too. (Original Post)
randys1
Nov 2015
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Top 100 CEO's pension fund equal to 41% of Americans, or 160 million. OUTRAGEOUS
randys1
Nov 2015
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mmonk
(52,589 posts)1. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly.
Thanks for posting.
randys1
(16,286 posts)2. Top 100 CEO's pension fund equal to 41% of Americans, or 160 million. OUTRAGEOUS
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)3. KnR! nt
DhhD
(4,695 posts)5. Warren is giving the congressional member the opportunity to say either yes or no to their
constituents.
In the same way Bernie Sanders will introduce and reintroduce his Bills to Congress. The members will hear from their constituents and vote. One third of them will be voted out of office.
This may be the way that Sanders and Warren will join forces to become the President and VP for the 2016 GE. Warren takes the Bill to the Floor and Sanders brings the Bill to the voters very soon now. What a revolution!