Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert – January 16, 2015

Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price Has Social Security in his Crosshairs Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), the new House Budget Committee chairman, hinted to the Heritage Foundation on Monday that he has big plans for Social Security “reform” in the next two years, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Talking Points Memo blog. Price mentioned…

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13 Things You Need to Know About Social Security Disability as Republicans Try to Dismantle It

(July 8, 2014) Earlier today, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) spoke at a Center for American Progress (CAP) event about Republican attempts to use Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) as a way to cut and undercut the whole Social Security system. Rather than sticking with the conventional wisdom that Republicans, the media and even some Democrats…

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