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| Permalink View Article Stats Harkin, Reid, Sanders, Franken, Blumenthal Highlight Republicans' Dangerous Plan To End Social Security As We Know It Quicklink submitted by Margaret Bassett (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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| Today Senators Tom Harkin, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal told Republicans to 'Back Off Social Security' during an event with more than 300 of the program's supporters. The senators discussed the GOP's dangerous plan to privatize Social Security, ending the program as we know it. Republicans' dangerous spending plan also calls for draconian cuts to the Social Security Administration, which could lead to delays in the distribution of benefits. 'Let's remember who we are talking about when it comes to protecting Social Security--our parents and grandparents, children and neighbors, with a safety net as they grow old.' ' Despite that fact, the same people who wanted to leave Social Security to the whims of the stock market in the years before the financial crisis are now using the budget crisis.' |
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