Myths & Truths: the Social Security Trust Account

April 24, 2012

Breaking down the Social Security Trustee Report, facts about the program’s financial health and why social insurance cannot increase the deficit.  Also, bringing the latest news from the BP Oil Spill Disaster settlement, Brian Barr from Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A. joins the program.  Use this post as today’s thread.  Click thru for links and updates.

Link to Trudy Lieberman’s article on the Media and Social Security Debate in last week’s Columbia Journalism Review.

Corporate Hypocrisy South of the Border – check out article by John Ackerman, Daily Beast

1TDay —  Celebrating 1 Trillion Dollars in Student Loan Debt

Occupy Student Debt click thru to learn more and find out about actions.

Weeks of Student Protest in Quebec — Stop the Hike, Canada

Support Bradley Manning

Past Episodes

It's Fun Day Monday on The Majority Report On today's program:  Foiled correspondence Assassination plot After the shooting outside the White House Correspondent Dinner, Donald Trump goes on 60 minutes for an interview about the incident. 60 Minutes' Norah O'Donnell reads to the President ...
It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump doesn't want to give a timeline for the war in Iran. "We we're in Vietnam 18 years...I've been doing this for six weeks" Pete Hegseth continues to whine about the lack of support from Europe for the U.S.'s ...
It's an Emmajority Report Thursday on The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump issues more meaningless threats on Truth Social towards Iran. This time he claims to have ordered the U.S. Navy to sweep the Strait of Hormuz for mines at a tripled-up level (?) and to kill all ...