U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently offered a chilling glimpse into the Trump Administration’s indifference to Social Security’s importance “Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out their checks this month,” Lutnick said. “My mother-in-law, who’s 94, she wouldn’t call and complain.” Perhaps the Commerce Secretary’s mother in law wouldn’t call. But millions of other Americans
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Most journalists will go crazy saying December’s jobs report is terrific. Indeed, 223,000 jobs were added and prime-aged women (ages 35-44) are going back at work. But the unemployment rate for workers older than age 55 increased from 2.5% to 2.7%. And there are more clouds in today's report. Workers are not acting as feisty