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Tag: Social Security

Don’t Count on Reason (Or Even Arithmetic) To Prevail in ‘Tax Reform’

November 1, 2017February 8, 2018 ~ Michael Forster

When the tax-cut plan inevitably goes bust, look for austerity in the form of rollbacks to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Ignore Trump’s Twitter Antics; Focus on Policy Agenda

July 1, 2017December 19, 2017 ~ Michael Forster

Denounce but do not obsess over Trump's nonsense. Instead, resist his policies and articulate a new vision for solidarity.

Obamacare Repeal is Just the Start of a New Class War Offensive

June 24, 2017December 19, 2017 ~ Michael Forster

Shots have already been fired in the class war, and "entitlements" - what those in need know is a social safety net - will be the first casualties.

Trump’s Budget Abandons the Poor and Working Class Who Helped Put Him in Office

May 23, 2017December 19, 2017 ~ Michael Forster

Prosperity for the poor? Pure presidential poppycock.

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