Sanders Warns of Devastating Cuts in Social Security
WASHINGTON, July 9 – Social Security cuts under consideration by the White House in deficit-reduction talks would drive 245,000 people into poverty and lower widows’ benefits $1,200 a year by 2050, according to Social Security Administration calculations provided to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Changing the way inflation is measured to determine Social Security benefits is one option on the table