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Fact Check: Social Security Does NOT Increase the Deficit

Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet

Bought politicians and pundits continue to spread nonsense about America’s best-loved program.

http://admin.alternet.org/economy/fact-check-social-security-does-not-increase-deficit?akid=11165.9992.jGWZY5&rd=1&src=newsletter926394&t=5

You Might be Surprised Who Collects on the Tips You Leave at Restaurants

Saru Jayaraman, The Washington Spectator

By law your tip is supposed to go to restaurant workers  -- often they don’t.

http://admin.alternet.org/labor/you-might-be-surprised-who-collects-tips-you-leave-restaurants?akid=11165.9992.jGWZY5&rd=1&src=newsletter926394&t=9

It Was Bad Enough That We Militarized Our Own Borders – Now the U.S. is Doing it to the Rest of the World

Todd Miller, TomDispatch.com

http://admin.alternet.org/civil-liberties/it-was-bad-enough-we-militarized-our-own-borders-now-us-doing-it-rest-world?akid=11165.9992.jGWZY5&rd=1&src=newsletter926394&t=13