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DESCRIPTION:Social Security, Medicare, Fiscal Cliff: Myths / Realities\nMichael 
 Eisenscher and Jack Rasmus\nThursday,  February 28,  7:00 PM\nUnitarian 
 Universalist Center \n1187 Franklin Street, at Geary, #38 bus \n\nSOCIAL 
 SECURITY, MEDICARE and the FISCAL CLIFF: MYTHS and REALITIES\nHow we got 
 where we are and how to get the progressive change we want.\n \nIn his 
 February 12 State of the Union address, President Obama singled out 
 Medicare as the primary reason for “the nation’s long-term debt.” He 
 also re-hashed several old, discredited solutions like a jobs bill, a vague 
 infrastructure spending proposal, and education as a first step toward job 
 retraining, but with no dollars attached. None of this speaks to the actual 
 crisis facing the U.S. economy today or offers serious proposals for 
 resolving it. What’s the real story? How do budget cuts affect us? And, 
 most important, how can progressives respond?\n\nMichael Eisenscher is 
 National Coordinator of U.S. Labor Against the War. A veteran of more than 
 40 years in the labor movement as an organizer, negotiator, labor education 
 and writer, he helped to found the New Priorities Network nationally and 
 New Priorities Campaign in the Bay Area, as well as initiating the 
 Jobs-Not-Wars campaign. Eisenscher’s articles about the labor movement 
 have been published in three anthologies and numerous periodicals. He 
 teaches a course in political economy in the Laney College Labor Studies 
 Program.\n \nJack Rasmus, Ph.D is an author, journalist and playwright 
 whose recent books include Obama’s Economy: Recovery for the Few; Epic 
 Recession: Prelude to Global Depression; and The War at Home: The Corporate 
 Offensive From Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush. Jack is the host of the 
 weekly New York radio show, ‘Alternative Visions’, aired every 
 Wednesday at 2 pm on the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. He is also a 
 freelance journalist writing widely on U.S. economic and domestic policy 
 topics, and has authored several stage plays focusing on U.S. labor 
 struggles.\n \nThe program may also include a third speaker from the 
 disability rights community.\n \nA free public forum sponsored by SF 
 Progressive Democrats of America\n\nWheelchair accessible. • Snacks, tea 
 and coffee will be served.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/16/18732194.php
SUMMARY:Social Security, Medicare, Fiscal Cliff: Myths / Realities
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Center \n1187 Franklin Street, at Geary, #38 bus 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/16/18732194.php
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