Social Security: The People's Pension

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Mon, 04/15/2013 - 12:00am
The current attack on Social Security and its history

Social Security, the life line of support for millions, is under attack these days, even from Democrats.  Eric Laursen is the author of The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan.  He talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about why the Right Wing is so opposed to Social Security -- and has been against it since the days of the New Deal.  

Eric Laursen is an independent financial and political journalist, activist, and commentator. He is co-author ofUnderstanding the Crash (2010). and his work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including The NationThe Village VoiceZ MagazineThe Indypendent, and the Huffington Post.

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