Secure Retirement
We will ensure that a retirement with dignity is the right and expectation of every single American, starting with pension reform, expanding saving incentives and preventing the privatization of social security.
Democrats believe that after a life of hard work, you earn a secure retirement. Our commitment to protecting the promise of Social Security is absolute.
Democrats also recognize that Americans rely on more than just Social Security for a secure and dignified retirement. Democrats will continue to fight for genuine pension reform that protects employees’ financial security from future Enron-style abuse. We also want to work on new ways to help hard-working Americans create retirement savings.
Commemorating 73rd Birthday of Social Security, Americans Across the Country Unite to 'Just Say No' to Bush-McCain Plan for Privatization
As our nation commemorates the 73rd birthday of Social Security tomorrow, Americans across the country will gather in the culmination of week-long activities sounding the alarm on the economic impact of the McCain-Bush plan to privatize Social Security.MCCAIN WATCH: SAME-AS-BUSH PLAN TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY
Today John McCain is celebrating the anniversary of the creation of Social Security -- the program that has helped keep retirees, surviving spouses and children and the disabled from poverty for over 70 years -- by reviving Bush's risky scheme to privatize Social Security.#82: Privatizing Social Security
82. Bush and McCain Support the Same Risky Proposal to Privatize Social Security.DNC Releases New Web Ad Highlighting the Threat John McCain Poses to Social Security
On the 73rd Anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act--creating a landmark program that has saved millions of Americans from poverty--the Democratic National Committee today released a new web video called "Roosevelt" that highlights the threat John McCain's radical, out of touch agenda poses to the retirement security of millions of Americans. The ad features President Roosevelt's grandson, James Roosevelt Jr., telling John McCain to "keep your hands off our Social Security."McCain Attack Ad Debunked
Brian Deese, an economic adviser to Senator Barack Obama, debunks one of John McCain's numerous negative attack ads filled with distortions. Deese takes viewers through a typical McCain attack ad on taxes and lays out all the facts on the...While He's Focused on Britney and Paris, Can John McCain Answer One Simple Question
This week, John McCain and his campaign have been all over the map on a very straightforward question: would he or wouldn't he consider raising Social Security payroll taxes. After adamantly making a blanket "no new taxes" pledge during the primaries and on the campaign trail, McCain switched his position when he refused to rule it out on ABC's "This Week," instead saying all options would be on the table. McCain's campaign has been scrambling all week, giving shifting and conflicting accounts about what Senator McCain plans to do.Dean: John McCain Wants to Privatize Social Security
During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, John McCain told the voters, "I am not for privatizing Social Security. I never have been. I never will be." But as a new video released by the Democratic National Committee shows, Senator McCain clearly does support privatizing Social Security. In 2004, Senator McCain said "without privatization, I don't see how you can possibly, over time, make sure that young Americans are able to receive Social Security benefits." In 2005 Senator McCain hit the road with President Bush to help promote the President's failed effort to promote private accounts. In fact, as recently as March 2008, McCain told the Wall Street Journal he still supports President Bush's plan and is "totally in favor of personal savings accounts."He'll Say Anything
An article in the Wall Street Journal today highlighted some big flip-flops in McCain's record that I think are pretty striking in how clearly shameless they are.McCain Promises Third Bush Term
John McCain's Double-Talk express may have rolled past his Republican cohorts in New Hampshire after a disappointing fourth place in Iowa, but his record makes one thing clear: he offers more of the same.Mitt Promises Third Bush Term
Mitt's millions may have bought himself a second-place showing at the Iowa caucuses, but he can’t buy credibility. Even Republicans think Romney is telling them what he thinks they want to hear instead of what he really believes.Another Week, Another Chance for the Republican Presidential Field to Duck Hard Questions
Tonight, the AARP will be hosting a forum for the Republican candidates in Iowa to address issues important to America's seniors but only one of the Republican frontrunners will attend as the others cited "scheduling conflicts."Fred Thompson Favors Slashing Social Security
According to The Corner, last night Chris Matthews -- who is moderating the Republican debate in a couple hours -- discussed Fred Thompson's Social Security scheme for massive benefit cuts for seniors down the line by radically changing the formula that calculates them.Man Without a Plan
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Tuesday that Congress' failure to act on Social Security shows there is more concern about partisan politics than the good of the nation.Rudy Too Arrogant For America
While campaigning in New Hampshire last night, Rudy Giuliani resorted to hurling desperate attacks about Democrats while trying to tout his national security credentials. Despite the fact that he failed to prepare New York City for the second attack on the World Trade Center and he has not acknowledged the dire realities on the ground in Iraq, Giuliani yesterday said, "Democrats want to put us back on defense."McCain's Retooled Economic Plan: Light on Substance, Heavy on Hypocrisy
John McCain's attempts to "retool" his campaign and distract from his support for the Bush Administration's failed strategy in Iraq continued today with an economic speech in Memphis, Tennessee.The retooled McCain, however, didn't have anything new to offer, siding again with the Bush Administration on tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of a balanced budget, and on Social Security privatization.Disclosing 401(k) Fees
Workers deserve to retire with the dignity and comfort that they have earned, but as the Associated Press reports, incomplete information about hidden fees can drain thousands of dollars from 401(k) plans.Bush's Medicare and Medicaid Cuts
Rising health care costs are the root cause for the financial obstacles we need to address when taking a look at Medicare and Medicaid. Instead of addressing the issue, however, President Bush has simply proposed $101 billion in cuts to the popular programs over five years.First 100 Hours Over
The ability of the Democrats to win over significant numbers of Republicans on most votes signals the slim but enticing possibility of Democratic mastery over a demoralized Republican Party. If the new bipartisanship takes root, the prospects for health care legislation and immigration reform sharply improve.Delayed Retirement?
A business columnist for the Washington Post highlights an issue of growing concern--that workers are not acquiring enough in retirement savings accounts to retire at age 65.McConnell To Oppose Negotiating For Lower Prices
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, the incoming Senate minority leader, recently vowed to oppose a common-sense Democratic proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices.A Middle Class Mandate
Union Leader: [Democrats are] championing a consensus legislative agenda geared toward helping families that have been left behind by the GOP. They're standing up for America's shrinking middle class. Pelosi has pledged to spend her first 100 hours on key bread-and-butter economic issues long neglected under Republican rule. This is a leader who understands her mandate.Eliminating the Medicare [Part-D]onut Hole & Other Fixes
Soon-to-be Speaker Pelosi has outlined her vision for the first 100 hours of a Democratic Congress. Included is a fix to the disastrous Medicare bill passed by the Republicans which prevents the federal government from negotiating lower drug prices for seniors.Ed Perlmutter of Colorado Delivers Democratic Radio Address
This week, Ed Perlmutter of Colorado delivered the Democratic Radio Address.The Greatest Generation vs. Big Drug Companies
Who do you think deserves to benefit? This is what happens when you let Republicans pass a bill that caters to big drug companies instead of America's seniors. Columbia resident Mary Ann Anderson, 81, was caught by surprise even though...Bruce Braley Delivers Radio Address
This week, Bruce Braley, Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Iowa's 1st Congressional District, delivered the Democratic Radio Address.Democrats Urge GOP Congress To Act On Pension Bill
With America's pensions under attack, Congress is considering bi-partisan pension reform. The legislation was bottled up last year when Washington Republicans tried to couple common-sense pension reform with President Bush's scheme to privatize Social Security.Do New Hampshire Republicans Support Bush Social Security Cuts?
As President Bush heads to New Hampshire today, the Associated Press is reporting that the President's proposed budget would eliminate the Social Security death benefit provided to widows and widowers who were living with the deceased at the time of his or her death.Reform?
Fox News shows you what the Republican plan for Social Security is...Women Over 65 Rely On Social Security
Nearly 45% of all non-married women 65 and older get 90 percent or more of their income from Social Security.Dean on Social Security's 70th Birthday
"Democrats created Social Security and stand ready to develop a bipartisan common-sense approach for strengthening Social Security without breaking its promise to American workers, running up the deficit or slashing hard-earned benefits."African American Seniors Rely on Social Security
On August 14, 2005, Americans will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing, by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, of the Social Security Act, the historic legislation that created Social Security.Without Social Security, Poverty Rate for Hispanic Seniors Would Increase Three-Fold
On August 14, 2005, Americans will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the historic legislation that created Social Security.Bush's Chance to Rescue His Legacy
The vacancy on the Supreme Court is an opportunity for Bush to abandon the divisive and unpopular choices he has made during his second term and bring the country together with a fair-minded nominee who will fight to protect the rights of all Americans.Republicans Just Can't Play It Straight on Social Security
As the public continues to reject President Bush's reckless plan to privatize Social Security, the Republican leadership is instructing House Republicans heading home for the Fourth of July not to discuss with their constituents the trillions of dollars needed to...Gov. Dean Talks About Retirement Security and the GOP's Failure to Address the Problem
In the wake of the largest corporate pension default in history, President Bush and Congressional Republicans continue to undermine the retirement security of millions of American workers. They are promoting a plan that would damage our already weak pension system at the same time they are proposing to cut Social Security benefits for 70 percent of American workers.
Cox In the Henhouse
Whenever Rep. Christopher Cox (R-CA) had the opportunity to hold corporate wrongdoers accountable, protect Social Security, and be fiscally responsible, he voted in favor of corporate interests instead. Despite this, Bush has nominated Cox to be Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission -- the chief watchdog and protector of millions of Americans' investments.
Bankrupt: Social Security or Bush's Argument?
But, nearly all analysts agree that this is simply untrue.
Chairman Thomas Defies Bush On Private Accounts
Yesterday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) broke ranks with the President and the Republican Leadership in Congress when he announced that President Bush's private accounts would not necessarily be included in his committee's Social Security legislation. This move came despite President Bush's repeated remarks that his accounts should be the centerpiece of any privatization plan.
Bush Being Dragged Down by Social Security Benefit Cut Plan
Months after President Bush began his pitch to privatize Social Security, it has become clear that the public has taken a dim view of his scheme as well as his presidency more generally.
White House Moves Disability Benefits to The Chopping Block
s real plan to dismantle Social Security.
Top White House Economist Contradicts Bush
For the past few months, while pitching his plan to privatize Social Security, President Bush has repeatedly assured Americans that their accounts could be passed on to their children and that the government would not slash survivor benefits. But, yesterday's remarks by the Bush administration's top economist indicate that neither of these statements is true.
Disappearing Pension Funds: The Need for Stronger Social Security
Yesterday, a bankruptcy judge in Chicago ruled that United Airlines may turn over its pension plans to the federal government as part of its efforts to exit bankruptcy protection. This move amounts to the largest pension default in U.S. history, and means that 134,000 current and former United employees will lose more than $3 billion in retirement benefits.
Women Fleeing Republican Party
More and more American women are fed up with President Bush's failed policies, from his disastrous scheme for Social Security to rising budget deficits and his ineffective health care policies. Women who voted for President Bush just months ago are flocking to the Democratic Party because George Bush and the Republicans have focused on a partisan power grab instead of addressing the issues that will have a real impact on women's lives.
Happy Mother's Day: Time to Cut Your Benefits!
This Mother's Day the Bush administration has sent out gifts you won't find at your local Hallmark shop. The Bush White House continues to promote their scheme to privatize Social Security that will cut benefits for middle class mothers by up to 32 percent through price indexing.
Note to the Bush White House: Take A Dose of Your Own Medicine
Once again, the Bush administration says one thing, but does the opposite. In their latest hypocritical move, they have become concerned with union worker pension funds being spent to challenge their plan to privatize Social Security. But, according to the New York Times, the pension funds were not used in the AFL-CIO's most visible campaigns.
George W. Bush: Revisionist Historian-in-Chief
Washington, DC – Yesterday at his event in Mississippi, President Bush claimed FDR’s beyond-the-grave support for his Social Security privatization scheme. According to Bush “I think Franklin Roosevelt would be proud to make sure of this. If you work all...Conservatives: Progressive Indexing Guts Social Security for Middle Class Americans
trial balloon President Bush floated at his primetime news conference last week. Progressive indexing would dramatically cut hard-earned, guaranteed retirement benefits for middle class Americans; it would gut Social Security and unravel what has been the most successful program of its kind.
DNC Chair Howard Dean Statement Responding to President Bush's Press Conference
Governor Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee issued the following response to President Bush's press conference...
Republicans Can't Even Agree with Each Other
As public support continues to diminish for Bush's Social Security scheme, Republicans are running scared. Even the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) conceded that the plan might fail.
The Reviews are in: No one likes George Bush's Social Security Privatization Scheme
the more he talks about his risky plan, the less people like it. Americans of all stripes know his Social Security plan is a disaster and even members of his own Party are beginning to distance themselves from his drastic agenda.
Bauer: Conservative Families Skeptical of Bush Social Security Privatization Plan
s plan to privatize Social Security, conservative leader Gary Bauer said that many conservative voters also oppose privatization.
As Americans Face Record Prices at the Gas Pump, They Continue to Wonder When Bush Will Take Action
Throughout the country, gas prices have skyrocketed to record levels -- an average of $2.25 per gallon nationally -- with no end in sight. Yet for months as the American people have watched more and more of their hard earned money siphoned away at the gas pump, President Bush has ignored the crisis, choosing instead to fly around the country at taxpayers' expense pitching his scheme to privatize social security.
Republicans Continue 70 Year Tradition of Attacking Social Security
a plan that will threaten the long term health of Social Security, add trillions of dollars to the debt and cut benefits that are essential for millions of American seniors.
GOP in Disarray, In-Fighting Between Bush, Senators
The Republican Party continues to unravel in the face of mounting public opposition to Social Security privatization.
Bush Privatization Plan 'Takes Away' Benefits
Washington, DC – Despite promoting a plan that his own staff admits will reduce benefits, President Bush said yesterday in Parkersburg, West Virginia that his scheme to privatize Social Security provided "assets that the government can't take away." In fact,...Americans Remain Opposed to Privatization
With the two week congressional recess ending today, Washington Republicans have found no change in the public's opposition to President Bush's Social Security privatization scheme. Public opinion polling confirms that Americans remain skeptical of a plan that cuts benefits and adds trillions of dollars to the debt without addressing the long-term solvency problems of Social Security.
Social Security Privatization Hurts Women
Four Democratic women Senators will hold a public town hall meeting today in Seattle, WA, with women from all walks of life to talk about the negative impact that the GOP Social Security privatization scheme would have on American women.
Will Bush Talk About the Real Crisis in Iowa?
As President Bush visits Iowa today to sell his scheme to privatize Social Security, he continues to ignore what the Social Security Trustees label the real crisis: Medicare. Last week, the 2005 Annual Report of the Social Security board of trustees confirmed the dire financial outlook for Medicare, concluding that Medicare will become insolvent in the year 2020.
Death of a Sales Pitch: Final Four Edition
Republicans are finding no change in the public's opposition to the President's scheme to privatize Social Security. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who has been charged with putting together a bill that incorporates the President's plan, has found the same deep rooted opposition to privatization that he encountered during the last recess.
President's Approval Ratings Lowest Ever
espite President Bush's continued efforts to sell his scheme to privatize Social Security, a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows that the American people just aren't buying it. In fact, Bush's approval ratings have slipped considerably from last week and now stand at 45%, the lowest point in his Presidency.
Washington Republicans Want to Turn a Guaranteed Benefit Into a Guaranteed Gamble
thus replacing the guaranteed benefits that Social Security has paid out for more than 75 years with the guaranteed gamble of private accounts.
Death of a Sales Pitch: You Go First, Then I'll Go
Despite falling poll numbers for the President's plan and pleas from worried GOP members of Congress, President Bush refuses to lay out a detailed plan for his scheme to privatize Social Security.
While Bush Hides Plan, GOP Hides from Constituents
Even though President George W. Bush is refusing to detail his plan to privatize Social Security, Washington Republicans are already distancing themselves from the plan. Republican leaders in Congress this week directed Republican members to cancel any open town-hall meetings with constituents out of fear of the increasing public opposition against privatization.
DoSP: Bush Said It
s plan for not addressing solvency, this is the first time the President has conceded that fact.
DoSP: The Clock has Run Out on Bush's Plan
Earlier this month, Republican Senator Charles Grassley gave Bush 'two or three weeks' to sell his plan to the American people. And today, that time has run out.
DNC Launches Social Security Ads In African American Community
emphasize the importance of Social Security to African Americans as well as the risk, planned benefit cuts and trillions in new deficit spending the Bush plan would require.
Death of a Sales Pitch: They Said It
to his plan to privatize Social Security.
NEW POLL: Bush Position on Social Security Hurting Congressional Republicans
Over a month after President George W. Bush first started pitching his unpopular plan to privatize Social Security to a skeptical American public, his Republican allies in Washington are starting to feel the repercussions.
Death of a Sales Pitch: Week in Review
The GOP had another tough week selling Social Security. Various Republican members of Congress have expressed disapproval with the strategy employed by the Bush White House, both in terms of their privatization sales pitch as well as the makeup of the President's proposal for private accounts. It has gotten so bad that Bush is now traveling to Republican states to shore up support for his ailing scheme.
Bush Wants to Shore Up His Base...of Republicans in Congress
Following his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush traveled to states with Democratic members of Congress in an attempt to sell Democrats on his idea of privatizing Social Security. Unfortunately for Bush, his plan backfired as both Democrats and the American public have expressed overwhelming opposition to his plan.
Republican vs. Republican Part II
The once unified Republican Party continues to unravel as leading Republicans fight with leading Republicans over George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security. Leading Republicans are openly criticizing the Bush plan, pointing out that it cuts benefits for retirees while doing nothing to address Social Security's solvency.
The DNC Launches Radio Ad Against Bush
is a 60 second long Spanish language ad.
GOP IN DISARRAY: Republican Cabinet vs. Republican Congress
President George W. Bush's public campaign for Social Security privatization is in disarray. While Vice-President Dick Cheney and Treasury Secretary John Snow are claiming Bush has a mandate for privatization, leading Washington Republicans disagree and want Bush to focus on solvency. Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, joining fellow Republican Senator Charles Grassley, has called on Bush to drop his campaign for privatization noting that private accounts do nothing to address Social Security's long term solvency.
Not This Year: First Frist, Now Hagel
Another Washington Republican has publicly admitted that Congress might not pass George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security anytime in the near future. Senator Chuck Hagel's acknowledgment comes a week after Republican Senate Leader Bill Frist expressed his own concerns about passing a bill within the next year. Both Senators have admitted the difficulties Congress faces due to the increased public opposition to Bush's plan to cut Social Security benefits.
Death of a Sales Pitch: Three Strikes and You're Out
The Democratic National Committee today released both a full transcript and the Cliff's Notes version of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's interview with Tim Russert on Sunday's Meet The Press. Despite being pressed three times by Russert, McConnell refused to answer a straightforward question on how private accounts would extend Social Security's solvency.
: DNC Launches New Radio Ad to Air During Bush Social Security Tour
The ad will air on local radio stations in Westfield, NJ and South Bend, IN, the two media markets President George W. Bush will visit today to promote his Social Security privatization plan.
Death of a Sales Pitch: Week In Review
Again this week, the Republican Congress and the Bush White House have had a hard time with Bush's disastrous plan to privatize Social Security. DeLay and Frist both flip-flopped on the issue of getting Social Security legislation passed this year. GOP Senator Chuck Grassley also expressed doubts about the President's private accounts. During this time of chaos and confusion among Republicans, according to recent polls, the American people are rejecting privatization.
Bush Plans 60 Day Drive, Washington Republicans Slam on the Brakes
President George W. Bush wants to go full speed ahead with a sixty day tour to pitch his Social Security overhaul to the American public, but Washington Republicans are ready to put on the brakes. The latest disconnect between the President and his party comes amid ever-increasing opposition from the American people against Bush's plan to cut Social Security's guaranteed benefits and to borrow trillions of dollars from foreign governments.
Grassley Puts Brakes on Bush Plan
Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa has dealt a blow to President George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security saying that Congress should focus on a real way to improve Social Security's solvency. His latest statements come just days after Grassley first set a deadline for the President to convince a skeptical Congress and the American public to support his plan.
Public Support for Bush Plan Continues To Drop
s proposal to cut guaranteed Social Security benefits.
They're Just Not That Into You: The No Excuses Truth
As part of our continuing 'Death of a Sales Pitch' coverage, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) today published a guide for Washington Republicans offering a 'no excuses truth' as to why the American public is increasingly 'not into' President George W. Bush's scheme to overhaul Social Security.
RNC Jumps First, Asks Questions Later
The RNC today issued an attack release on Governer Dean on Social Security, one based on comments made by Robert Novak on Monday's CNN Inside Politics. The only problem: both the RNC and Novak got it wrong.
