Social Security

• Texas Retirees Succeed in First of Nine Events

  July 27, 2016: Before August 26, Texas retirees will have held 9 public events. The first one took place in Grand Prairie on July 26. State Representative Chris Turner and District 105 candidate Terry Mesa helped retirees appreciate Medicare/Medicaid as the anniver...Read more >

• Victory for Veasey, Victory for Us, Victory for Democracy!

  July 21, 2016: When he was still a State Rep, Congressman Marc Veasey filed a lawsuit against the Texas Voter ID law. Texas retirees came in right behind him and made fighting voter suppression a major part of our own program. The payoff came July 20 when federal a...Read more >

• Events Set for Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security Celebrations

  July 11, 2016: The July 30 anniversary of Medicare/Medicaid and the August 13 anniversary of Social Security are coming up. Texas retirees have set an ambitious program of celebrating our past accomplishments and committing ourselves to continue fighting. We have s...Read more >

• Texans Strategize in San Antonio

  June 18, 2016: The Texas AFL-CIO allowed the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans to use their meeting room at the Texas Democratic Party convention at the Alamodome in San Antonio on June 17. Over 100 activists put off their lunch time to discuss strategies for fi...Read more >

• Gallup Poll: Confidence in Social Security is on the Rise

  March 07, 2016: Polls are showing an increased optimism that Social Security is in solid financial shape and the public is increasingly saying that they will need to rely on the program during retirement. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, 36% of non-retirees said tha...Read more >

• Trump Misleads About Social Security Fraud

  February 19, 2016: Donald Trump is misleading people about the prevalence of Social Security fraud. At a recent Republican presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina, he said, “'thousands and thousands of people’ over the age of 106 are receiving Social ...Read more >

• Kasich and Jeb Bush Mean Trouble for Seniors

  February 11, 2016: John Kasich and Jeb Bush mean trouble for seniors and retirees. The New Hampshire primary results are in, and the top four for the Republicans were businessman Donald Trump, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), and former Governor Jeb Bush (F...Read more >

• Everybody Must Stand Together for Social Security

  February 02, 2016: Social Security isn't just necessary for older Americans, it's vital for everybody!  Our Brothers and Sisters at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank that looks at economic issues through the prism of working people, have published the 3rd e...Read more >

• Silver Tsunami to Bring 25 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries by 2036

  January 27, 2016: [caption id="attachment_3359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator[/caption] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent over the next ten yea...Read more >

• Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech

  January 13, 2016:   President's Last State of the Union Speech has Strong Implications for Social Security, Medicare and Pensions Retirees Remain Apprehensive about Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Ret...Read more >