Tag: social safety net
Changing Social Security to a flat benefit for all would put both workers and the poor at risk. Social Security is this country’s most important and most popular program. However, changes will be needed soon, as the program will not be able to pay full benefits once the retirement trust fund is depleted in 2033…
On Oct. 24, 1975, the women of Iceland went on strike to “demonstrate to ourselves and to others the importance of our role in society.” No going to work. No cooking. No taking care of the children. Stores, fish factories and schools closed as women poured into the streets to demand equality. Some men wer…
