Tag: Broken

Young, Black, Hispanic Americans Would Opt Out of Social Security Even If It Weren’t Broken

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I pull the following directly from the summary of the 2024 annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees: The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund (that is, Social Security) will be able to pay 100% of total scheduled benefits until 2033, unchanged from last year’s report. At that time, the fund’s reserves will become depleted and continuing program income will be sufficient to pay 79% of scheduled benefits. Our Social Security system is broke. Now, if you own stock in a company, and you read…

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The GOP Primary Is a Field of Broken Dreams

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People near me at the Iowa State Fair were frantic. “Do you see him yet?” they panted. “Do you think he’ll come out into the crowd to talk?” When the presence of Secret Service officers made it clear that former President Donald Trump would appear at the Steer ’N Stein restaurant on the Grand Concourse, fairgoers formed a line whose end was out of sight. Not all of them could squeeze into the restaurant, so they filled the street outside, one giant blob of eager, sweating Iowans. When the former…

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Republicans Lie, Democrats Acquiesce: Why US Politics Is Broken – Bloomberg

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Republicans Lie, Democrats Acquiesce: Why US Politics Is Broken  Bloomberg Progressive lawmakers call on US to recognize Palestinians’ human rights – as it happened  The Guardian Donald Trump’s big lie a big reason why Democrats must draw new legislative maps that give them power  Chicago Sun-Times Target Joe Biden: Donald Trump, GOP find it hard to hurt his image  USA TODAY Liz Cheney won’t be speaker but she could be president  Brookings Institution View Full Coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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