I recently heard about a study that found that more young people believe in UFOs than think Social Security will be there for them when they retire. Since the first national pension program (for soldiers) was passed before the Declaration of Independence, I’m hopeful that the program’s longevity might extend past what many think possible [...]
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Social Security or UFOs?
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, American Thinker, Ida May Fuller, social security, UFOs on January 31, 2012, | 4 Comments »
A Letter to the “Super Committee”
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, Bush tax cuts, congress, food stamps, Head Start, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Medicaid, Medicare, Pell grants, politics, Senate, social security, super committee, Washington D.C. on November 17, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Dear super committee, How are you? I ask because, although you’ve been tasked with finding a way to trim the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade, you haven’t been that public about what you’ve been up to. So I thought I’d check in and offer some ideas. Super committee, we [...]
Social Security across the Generations
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, AAUW Action Fund Lobby Corps, congress, David Cicilline, Hansen Clarke, Jan Schakowsky, Janice Hahn, Jerrold Nadler, John Conyers, John Olver, Medicaid, Medicare, news, politics, Rosa DeLauro, Senate, social security, super committee, Washington D.C. on November 1, 2011, | 3 Comments »
In the few months I’ve been participating in the AAUW Action Fund Lobby Corps, we’ve twice lobbied members of Congress to support bills that heighten the solvency of the Social Security system and ensure that it is not lumped into the deficit debate. Both times, congressional staff members have commented on my age and asked [...]
In Consideration of Occupying Wall Street
Posted in A Women's Nation, Equity in the News, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged 99 percent, AAUW, AFL-CIO, college, education, jobs, Koch Brothers, news, Occupy Wall Street, pay equity, Pell grants, sick days, social security, TWU 100 on October 5, 2011, | 1 Comment »
With the Occupy Wall Street (almost) movement gaining traction, the best question so far has been: Why would you occupy? The answers I’ve seen so far are heart wrenching. On the Tumblr dedicated to the protests, people are sharing their stories of dignity lost — no access to affordable health care, no meaningful jobs, and [...]
Women’s Equality Day 2011: The Start of Something Big
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged 19th Amendment, AAUW, education, Equal Pay, feminism, HERvotes, My Vote, My Vote: I Will Be Heard, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, politics, reproductive rights, social security, Title IX, Washington D.C., women leaders, Women's Equality Day, women's rights on August 25, 2011, | 3 Comments »
On Friday, AAUW and other women’s rights groups across the country will observe Women’s Equality Day. Together, in a coalition called HERvotes, our movement will remind Congress and ordinary Americans that rights are not bestowed; they are seized by women willing to stand up and speak out. And when I use the word “seize,” I [...]
No Room for Old Men
Posted in Sexism, The AAUW Community, tagged Americans, assisted-living, CARE, elderly, long-term, Pam Gerhardt, pension, retirement, retirement community, seniors, social security, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington Post on August 12, 2011, | 3 Comments »
This article caught my eye the other day while reading the Washington Post. At first glance, it looked like something I wouldn’t normally read — a story about seniors. I have school-age children — so I’m not ready for senior living yet — but we all have seniors in our lives. And working at AAUW, [...]
Happy 76th Birthday to Social Security!
Posted in A Women's Nation, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, benefits, Big Teal Machine, congress, deficit, disabilities, insurance, news, politics, Senate, social security, Two Minute Activist, Washington D.C. on August 11, 2011, | 1 Comment »
This Sunday, August 14, marks the 76th anniversary of Social Security. When it began in 1935, Social Security only paid retirement benefits to workers, not their spouses or children. Social Security has evolved to become one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in our nation’s history. It’s a national commitment to care for one another [...]
Debt Deal Signed, Default Averted
Posted in Equity in the News, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, Barack Obama, budget, Budget Control Act, congress, debt ceiling, debt deal, economy, House of Representatives, Medicaid, Pell grant, politics, Senate, social security, Supercommittee, Washington D.C. on August 3, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act, lifting the nation’s debt limit and avoiding a government default. The final law came after months of acrimonious negotiations and faced criticism from both parties. However, this issue is far from over — what happens over the next four months will have an enormous impact on America’s [...]
Debating the Debt Ceiling
Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged 2012 presidential election, benefits, bonds, congress, debt ceiling, default, economy, government default, impact on the economy, market confidence, Medicare, Obama, social security, spending cuts, stock market, taxes, working families on July 26, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Debt ceiling. Government default. Increased revenues versus spending cuts. It’s enough to make you want to ignore the political gridlock dominating Washington these days. However, as tempting as that may be, what happens in our nation’s capital over the next week will have a major impact on our economy and government and will play an [...]
Social Security Should Be Off the Table
Posted in Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged America's financial problems, federal deficit, media, media reports, POTUS, shared sacrifice, social security, White House, working families on July 7, 2011, | 3 Comments »
Recent media reports have suggested that the White House, along with congressional leaders from both parties, might consider proposing cuts to Social Security benefits. While we hope the reports are untrue, this is the right moment to tell President Obama and our political leaders to leave Social Security alone. Social Security must not be a [...]
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