The $6.6 Trillion Retirement Problem: Unions Push Boost to Social Security Benefits

[mike_c]

1. it's time to push back and stop doing the GOP's work for them....

It's time for workers to begin demanding MORE from government and their employers, not less. It's time to stop accommodating those who say we cannot ask for our fair share of the nation's prosperity "in this tough economic climate." This economic climate exists because the 1% overreached. It exists because they have captured not only control of the means of production, but also control of nearly all the wealth that workers produce. The 1% created the economic climate that they now use as an excuse to stifle all calls for improvement of workers' lots, let alone any discussion of economic parity in the U.S.

This is still one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, if not the wealthiest. There is no excuse for there being a "tough economic climate" here other than the 1% WANTS it that way, and their wholly owned politicians do their bidding, all the while mouthing platitudes about democracy and freedom to keep the people confused and compliant.