Hands Off Social Security

Eleven Democratic senators have signed onto a resolution, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), vowing to strike down any proposal by the White House debt commission to reduce Social Security benefits, including raising the retirement age.

Sens. Sanders and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) unveiled the resolution Thursday during a conference call with reporters, arguing that Social Security is not the cause of the national debt.

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Dwight Was Right

By Michael Moore

September 30 , 2010

 “Information Clearing House”

So…it turns out President Eisenhower wasn’t making up all that stuff about the military-industrial complex.

That’s what you’ll conclude if you read Bob Woodward’s new book, Obama’s War. (You can read excerpts of it here, here and here.) You thought you voted for change when you cast a ballot for Barack Obama? Um, not when it comes to America occupying countries that don’t begin with a “U” and an “S.”

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