charlestonpeace.net http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net Opinion forum for members and friends of Charleston Peace Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:18:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Labor Day and Social Security http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=632 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=632#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:18:26 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=632 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

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=632 0 The Austin Lounge Lizards – To Big To Fail http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=630 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=630#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:40:45 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=630

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=630 0 Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=628 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=628#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:18:05 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=628

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=628 0 Tax The Rich To Build Infrastructure http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=624 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=624#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:39:22 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=624

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=624 0 How’s The Water In Charleston? http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=620 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=620#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:38:17 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=620 The Environmental Working Group says not bad.

Read their Drinking Water Quality Report

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=620 0 The Trustees’ Report http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=617 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=617#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:23:23 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=617 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

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=617 0 Federal voting machine case clears first hurdle http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=614 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=614#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:45:01 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=614 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

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=614 0 July Employment Report http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=611 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=611#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:37:30 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=611 Dean Baker:  Job Loss Sends Employment Ratio Downward

Chad Stone:  Statement on the July Employment Report

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=611 0 Pete Seeger Live http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=607 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=607#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:26:30 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=607

]]> http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?feed=rss2&p=607 0 Take Our Jobs http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=603 http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=603#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:22:31 +0000 Alan http://wordpress.charlestonpeace.net/?p=603 TakeOurJobs.org

Colbert Report – Arturo Rodriguez

UFW: Sign the AgJOBS Pledge

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