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Anna Turner:  Labor Day by the Numbers

Richard (RJ) Eskow:  Labor Day Irony: The People Who Want to Cut Social Security All Have Great Retirement Plans

Joshua Holland:  We’re Being Conned on Social Security — How We Could Easily Raise Benefits or Allow People to Retire Earlier

strengthensocialsecurity.org:  Social Security Works for South Carolina (PDF)

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Dean Baker:  Seven Key Facts About Social Security and the Federal Budget

Alan Barber:  Proposals to Cut Social Security Benefits will Significantly Impact Retirement Income for Low-and Middle-Class Retirees

Paul N. Van de Water and Arloc Sherman:  Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty: A State-By-State Analysis

CBPP:  Policy Basics: Top Ten Facts about Social Security on the Program’s 75th Anniversary

Bill Scher:  Top Economist Says Expand Social Security. Tell The Politicians: Don’t Cut It.

CEPR:  The CEPR Deficit Calculator

The Environmental Working Group says not bad.

Read their Drinking Water Quality Report

Another year – another trustees’ report.

Dean Baker:  Social Security Trustees: Worse Present, Much Brighter Future

Robert Greenstein:  Social Security Doesn’t Face an Immediate Crisis, But Policymakers Should Act to Shore Up System

Bill Scher:  Top Economist Says Expand Social Security. Tell The Politicians: Don’t Cut It.

James K. Galbraith Champions The Beast Manifesto
”In fact, the right response to the crisis is to expand, not cut, both Social Security and Medicare.”

CEPR:  Proposals to Cut Social Security Benefits will Significantly Impact Retirement Income for Low-and Middle-Class Retirees

Jed Lewison:  GOP vs. Social Security

Brett Bursey:  “I believe that the [South Carolina] Election Commission doesn’t want a full system audit for fear that it would conclude — like a recent audit in Iowa did — that these machines should be scrapped.”

Read more at SC Prog Blog

Dean Baker:  Job Loss Sends Employment Ratio Downward

Chad Stone:  Statement on the July Employment Report

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Colbert Report – Arturo Rodriguez

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