Well, actually, we raised the payroll tax in 1983 so that it is now a viable program.
If Social Security has not contributed one nickel to the deficit, why are we looking at it within the context of deficit...
Let us see some political courage there rather than throwing senior citizens off the LIHEAP program or low-income people...
Real unemployment in America today--I have not heard a word about unemployment yet, by the way--is 16 percent.
The United States today has the most unequal distribution of income and wealth of any major country on Earth.
I voted against huge tax breaks for the wealthiest people in the country.
This Senator voted against the war in Iraq, for a number of reasons, not the least of which it was unpaid for.
I voted against the Medicare Part D prescription drug program written by the drug companies and the insurance companies.
I voted against the Wall Street bailout, and I do understand much of that money has been paid back.
The people on top, the top 1 percent, the top 2 percent, are doing phenomenally well at the same time as the middle clas...
In 2007, the wealthiest 400 Americans made an average of $345 million a year.