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1. November 8, 2011 11:05 AM

   WaPo’s Misleading Social Security Piece

   Article doesn’t come close to telling the whole story

   By Trudy Lieberman

   By now we’re aware that The Washington Post supports serious changes in Social Security. In fact, the paper editorialized Friday that the word “thuggish” comes to mind when discussing ads from the AARP opposing Social Security cuts. “The crunch time for the congressional super committee has arrived, and with it comes a new round of self-centered, shortsighted intransigence on the...

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2. December 6, 2011 04:21 PM

   The Murky Politics of the Payroll Tax

   The media begin to step in the muck

   By Trudy Lieberman

   Each day the payroll tax saga gets more complicated, and the public no doubt gets more confused. Bloomberg reporter Brian Faler and Remapping Debate’s Mike Alberti deserve loud shout-outs for their crisp and clear pieces this week about what could happen to Social Security if Obama and his allies win another tax holiday, touted as a way to restore America’s...

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