Making the Liar-in-Chief Pay the Price – Before We Do
We formed Respectful Exits several years ago as it was becoming clear that the 60 million members of our cohort were being terminated prematurely and facing unsustainable retirements. As we…
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Trump Has Declared War on Seniors; Let’s Counter-Punch
“I swear [Trump’s] trying to eradicate all baby boomers.” --Cynthia Herring Salvetti, comment on Facebook.com/Respectful Exits The 2020 election will be decided by swing state voters like Ms. Salvetti, especially…
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7 Dangerous Social Security Myths – and the Truth
Our Facebook page has reached thousands of Florida voters who have commented with passionate arguments about the fate of Social Security under the President we elect in November. We welcome and…
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“End the payroll Tax – Let Mexico pay for Social Security”
A central pillar of Donald Trump’s seduction of older voters into his fear-based campaign was the bold proclamation made in really after rally: “I will not touch your Social Security.”…
Is the “Security” in Social Security an Oxymoron?
Social Security was originally designed to be a supplement to retirement income—one leg of a “three-legged stool” that also included employer pensions and personal savings. Yet it has become the…
Social Security Embodies Inequality
Tens of millions of aging workers and retirees entered 2020 without pensions and with limited savings, needing to work longer and depend on Social Security far more than their parents’…