President Roosevelt is at the Capitol today! Come by and celebrate #SocialSecurity’ bday with us!
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He [President FDR] believed (and we still believe) that Social Security is basic to the lives of the American people. And he was very clear that it was a family program. It was created not only so that people, when they reach retirement age, have enough money for the basics of a decent life. It’s also so that their children don’t have to spend down their money to take care of them.
Jim Roosevelt [FDR’s grandson] via Entitled to Know.
Today’s Throwback Thursday goes back to Social Security’s 80th Anniversary. FDR came out for the event and celebrated with our awesome volunteers.
Our awesome volunteers and FDR celebrating Social Security’s 80th Anniversary!
Happy 78th birthday to Social Security!
Thanks to Working America for the great image.
We are celebrating Social Security’s success on it’s 78th Birthday
“Most beneficiaries understand that #SocialSecurity is an intergenerational compact.”-Max Richtman
“The entire #SocialSecurity program is vital to this nation.” -Rep. Brendan Boyle
Rep. Lloyd Doggett speaking about the ‘One #SocialSecurity Act’ and how it will prevent cuts to the program.
The CPI-E – A Better Option for Calculating Social Security COLAs
President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal includes a plan to change the way Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are calculated by adopting the “chained” consumer price index (CPI). The National Committee has been vocal in its opposition to the chained CPI because it does not accurately measure the purchasing patterns of our elderly population. We urge the adoption of a CPI for the elderly, or CPI-E, as a more accurate means of calculating Social Security COLAs. An in-depth examination of the CPI-E follows.
Providing Social Security Credits for Caregivers:
We recommend that, in computing the Social Security retirement or disability benefit that imputed earnings for up to five family service years would be granted to a worker who leaves or reduces his/her participation in the work force to provide care to children under the age of six or to elderly family members.
Seniors went to Capitol Hill earlier this month to tell Congress why their current #SocialSecurity benefits are inadequate. Boost Social Security Now! https://www.ncpssm.org/campaigns/boost-social-security-now/ @RepJohnLarson