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Ruhle vs. Reality: MSNBC Segment Promotes Social Security Myths
In yet another example of mainstream journalists (perhaps unwittingly) echoing conservative talking points, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle helped perpetuate a false narrative about Social Security on her April 12, 2019 MSNBC broadcast. During a segment entitled, “Saving Social Security could lie in the hands of college students,” Ruhle interviewed Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp and former Council of Economic Advisors chair Gary Cohn about a contest for college kids to come up with solutions for Social Security’s future. (Heitkamp and Cohn are the contest “judges.”)
From the very beginning, the segment was couched in a false sense of alarm – with a serious lack of context. Ruhle gravely summarized the Social Security Trustees’ analysis that the system will run out of reserves in 2034 (but only if Congress were to do NOTHING to address the shortfall in advance), accompanied by an on-screen banner reading SOCIAL SECURITY IN PERIL.
Read more from our Equal Time piece by clicking here.
Find more about Social Security’s impact on your state’s economy by visiting the link below:
http://socialsecurityspotlight.org/
While some in Washington claim America can’t afford programs like Social Security and Medicare, the truth is states simply can’t afford to lose the economic benefits these programs provide to every community in our nation. The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare has released state-by-state snapshots of how much revenue Social Security contributes to the economy of every Congressional District in each state and US territory.
via NCPSSM.
Click through to view your states snap shot.
While some in Washington claim America can’t afford programs like Social Security and Medicare, the truth is states simply can’t afford to lose the economic benefits these programs provide to every community in our nation. The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare has released state-by-state snapshots of how much revenue Social Security contributes to the economy of every Congressional District in each state and US territory.
Families spend $775 billion in Social Security benefits nationwide each year. When 57 million Americans use the purchasing power of those benefits, they are supporting local businesses and state economies with billions of dollars they simply wouldn’t have without Social Security. Unfortunately, this economic reality has been ignored by Washington’s well financed anti-Social Security lobby as it continues to try and convince Congress to cut middle-class benefits.
Find out the Social Security impact on your state’s economy here or by clicking the graphic.
The report says Social Security “touches the lives of virtually every American family, yet the program’s economic contributions … continue to be misunderstood and often ignored.”
via Columbus Dispatch.
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So yes, our economy is changing, and yes, Social Security must change with the times. But the change that must occur is not cutting it back, quite the contrary. We have to expand Social Security and create a robust, single-pillar retirement system for every worker, one that is portable from job to job.
Nationwide, families spend $775 billion in Social Security benefits annually. In Florida, $56 billion dollars in Social Security benefits are paid to four million retirees, disabled and survivors, including children, each year. When those families use the purchasing power of their benefits, they are supporting local businesses and the state economy with billions of dollars they simply wouldn’t have without Social Security.
via Max Richtman in the Tampa Bay Tribune.
Families spend $775 billion in Social Security benefits nationwide each year. How much of your state’s economy is affected by Social Security?
Find out here:
http://thetruthnow.org/StateSnapshots.aspx
We’re writing you as members of two different generations – Boomer and Millennial – to ask you for an on-air correction to your recent segment on “The Cycle” focused on millennial and earned benefit programs. It was frustrating to see you unquestioningly repeat so many misleading talking points about one of our nation’s most successful programs: Social Security.
ICYMI:
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry started randomly speaking about Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in a student debt discussion. This resulted in wrong information and misleading stats.
The only way these vital programs won’t be available to millennials is if they let it be taken from them.