4 Common-sense Ways to Strengthen Social Security (that Bush won’t listen to)
In a press conference last week, President Bush claimed that he would listen to 'any good idea' for protecting Social Security.
Capitalism Gone Mad: It's Harmful to Your Health
Despite vast national wealth, people in america go bankrupt because they can't afford spiraling health care costs.
Veterans for Peace Calls for Ban on Depleted Uranium Munitions
An increasing number of studies has linked Deplted Uranium with Gulf War syndrome, and DU is strongly implicated in birth defects among veterans’ children.
President Bush, market opportunity and personal responsibility
Is the market really our best hope for the future? President Bush’s plan for Social Security suggests so. In fact for him, personally investing in the stock exchange is a virtue.
Bush’s Budget is at Odds With His Rhetoric
President Bush submitted a $2.57 trillion budget to Congress which eliminates or drastically cuts 150 governmental programs.
Chile's Privatized Pensions Spell Disaster
The Chilean experience shows that Social Security privatization is only part of a wider scheme of neoliberal economic policies that seek to shore up corporate profits while reversing gains won by the working class.
Bush to Make Deep Education Cuts, Pell Grants
The Bush administration wants to pay for tax cuts for the rich and for endless war by taking away Pell Grants and limiting access to higher education
Poverty Among US Children Grows
Poverty and other problems are affecting 13 million children of undocumented residents in the United States.
President's Budget Bad News for Sick and Disabled Veterans
The Administration has proposed one of the most tight-fisted, miserly budgets for veterans programs in recent memory, says Disabled American Veterans.
Bush Budget Punishes America’s Workers and Veterans to Save Tax Breaks for Millionaires
Bush submitted a $2.57 trillion federal budget that makes massive funding cuts in programs covering health care, education, veterans and worker training.