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      Then-President Ronald Reagan spoke before signing a bill that cut Social Security

      Analysis Spotlights the Lasting Pain Inflicted by Reagan's Social Security Cuts

      Life expectancy in the U.S. fell during the same period that a Reagan-era law raised the retirement age by two years.

      Jake Johnson
      Feb 27, 2023

      In 1983, just before signing legislation that cut Social Security benefits, then-President Ronald Reagan declared that "we're entering an age when average Americans will live longer and live more productive lives."

      But Reagan's assumption of ever-rising life expectancy in the U.S. turned out to be false, according to a new analysis, a fact with painful consequences for those who saw their Social Security benefits pared back thanks to the 1983 law's gradual increase of the full retirement age—the age at which one is eligible for unreduced Social Security payments.

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      The Republican's Grand Immigration Con Job

      The GOP has figured out how to have it both ways. They get cheap labor for their big business buddies, while stoking the hate and fear of their white racist base

      Thom Hartmann
      Feb 26, 2023

      Kevin McCarthy just came back from a press trip to our southern border, full of talk about how bad the Biden administration is doing with asylum and immigration. Today, another group of House Republicans are “holding a hearing” at the Mexican border. If you watch Fox “News” you know all about it.

      Republicans have figured out how to have it both ways. They get cheap labor for their big business buddies, while stoking the hate and fear of their white racist base, claiming that Democrats are responsible for increasing numbers of undocumented or “illegal” immigrants living and working in the United States.

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      U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the White House during a fireside chat.

      Jimmy Carter and the End of Democratic Capitalism

      The myth and reality of our 39th president.

      Robert Reich
      Feb 20, 2023

      Friends,

      I’m honoring Presidents’ Day by sharing with you some thoughts about Jimmy Carter, who is now in hospice care.

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