Mapping the billions being spent to build concentration camps while slashing Medicare and Social Security

Overview On June 8, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke before Congress and outlined his reasoning for the national program of social insurance:  Fear and worry based on unknown danger contrib...

In June, Social Security’s Board of Trustees released its annual report on the financial status of the program, revealing that Social Security is in trouble. To make matters worse, in July the Republi...

Social Security is a form of social insurance. Participants pay into the program through federal payroll taxes, and in return they receive coverage against specific threats to economic well-being: old age, disability, or death. When one of these conditions is met, the program provides monthly monetary compensation to beneficiaries. The goal of Social Security is to mitigate economic risk, particularly the risk of poverty when someone loses their ability to receive market-based income through employment.

This should be a moment of celebration. But instead, on Social Security’s 90th anniversary, I find myself sounding an alarm. The program my grandfather signed into law on this day in 1935 is under att...

We’re calling on leaders from both parties in Congress to protect the integrity of Social Security for current and future generations. This includes closing the solvency gap and ensuring adequate customer service so people can access their earned Social Security. The post Ninety Years Later, Social Security Still Delivers for Alabama appeared first on Alabama Daily News.