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Regardless of the source, I like the idea, and I like the reason for doing it. From the article:
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The one-time payments to Social Security beneficiaries would be funded by eliminating the CEO performance pay tax break. The revenue gained from closing the tax loophole would be dedicated to Social Security, strengthening the long-range projected solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund.
If you're unfamiliar with the CEO performance pay tax break, just search that phrase.
I also like this:
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The Alliance is also working to make Congress require the Social Security Administration to base future COLAs on the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), which much more accurately reflects the cost of things retirees purchase, including health care and housing.
That would make a substantial difference, since we know that what we have to spend money on changes as we age ... especially health care.
Elizabeth Warren is not taken very seriously by much of anybody. Thank God for some things!
And how many incumbent Senators have you unseated? I take her far more seriously than anonymous C-D posters (so yes, you should take her more seriously than me).
Decries high tuition, but doesn't address huge salaries.
If you want to create jobs to get people off govt assistance, which I'm sure you do, you have to spend. Spending isn't a bad thing if the larger problems like dependence are fixed, and that would "trickle up" to the wealthy.
Second part of your second sentence: yes, she does.
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