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When we hear the words "Social Security", we often think of older people, but that view is not accurate. Social Security is a program for everyone, not just older people. Social Security was put in place to ensure all working people can count on at least modest financial security when they reach their later years.

In just 8 years (2033), Social Security is going to run out of money and benefits will be cut. The system isn't running out of money because it doesn't work, it's running low because Congress has failed to keep the system funded. Social Security is funded by taxes on wages, however, not all wage earners are taxed. Higher incomes are exempted from SS taxes. Social Security is just like private retirement plans (401k, 403b, pensions plans, etc...). They are funded by workers and employers, and if they aren't properly funded, they run out of money.

Social Security's projected shortfall has been known about for years but Congress has failed to ensure the system is properly funded.
No matter how old you are now, if you work, Social Security is for you. If you are currently young, you pay into the system now to ensure it will be there for you when you are older.

It can sometimes be hard to imagine what you will want 10, 20 or 30 years in the future, but I can promise you one thing; no matter who, you will be damn thankful to have financial security in your future. Social Security will help you have that financial security, don't ever let anyone take that from you!

Opinion | Social Security’s funding crisis is a year closer — and Trump’s approach will make it worse The Social Security Board of Trustees said last week that the program’s combined trust funds will run out of money in 2034 — one year earlier than was projected in 2024.

Michigan District Representative Padma Kuppa (district 41) has introduced Michigan House Bill 4895 regulating neonicotinoid pesticides on state land. These pesticides may be partially responsible for honeybee colony collapse.

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/House/htm/2021-HIB-4895.htm

Michigan House Bill 4895 - neonicotinoid pesticides - Bright Line Publishing Michigan House Bill 4895 regarding neonicotinoid pesticides has been introduced to ban their use on public lands to preserve pollinators.

Michigan House Bill 4723, sponsored by Padma Kuppa (district 41)
Jim Ellison, Lori Stone, Tommy Brann, Matt Koleszar, Brenda Carter and Laurie Pohutsky, was introduced to name the "shelter pet" as the official state pet.

Read it here:

Michigan Legislature - House Bill 4723 (2021) The Michigan Legislature Website is a free service of the Legislative Internet Technology Team in cooperation with the Michigan Legislative Council, the Michigan House of Representatives, and the Michigan Senate.

BLP reviewed the documentary Crip Camp on our site. Watch the trailer for the film here:

CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION | Official Trailer | Netflix | Documentary On the heels of Woodstock, a group of teen campers are inspired to join the fight for disability civil rights. This spirited look at grassroots activism is e...

BLP reviewed documentary Welcome to Chechnya on our site. Watch the trailer for the film here:

Welcome To Chechnya (2020): Official Trailer | HBO From Academy Award-nominated director David France (How to Survive a Plague, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson) comes Welcome to Chechnya, a powerful a...

This is the kind of bold and informed strategy that is required to bring climate change under control.

President Biden to call for 50% reduction in US greenhouse gas emissions at climate summit Biden will announce the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 52% percent as he kicks off a climate summit with 40 other world leaders.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that 2020 was the 2nd warmest year on record. The graph shows 150 years of temperature data. The black zero line represents the long-term average temperature for the whole planet; blue and red bars show the difference above or below average for each year (1870-2020)

In 2020, humans emitted another record-breaking amount of CO2 into the atmosphere. Yet a brief slow down in human activities made a substantial, but temporary, reduction in emissions. Proof of what we already knew was possible. We caused the problem and we can fix it.

Despite pandemic shutdowns, carbon dioxide and methane surged in 2020 - Welcome to NOAA Research Levels of the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, continued their unrelenting rise in 2020 despite the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic response, NOAA announced today. The global surface average for carbon dioxide (CO2), calculated from....

An informative article on what is known about the accelerating infections from Covid19 variants.

"Now is the time to double down on protective measures and doing what we know works, which is wearing a mask, social distancing and not spending unmasked time indoors with people outside of your immediate household"

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/america-is-ignoring-the-covid-variants-at-its-own-peril/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=naytev&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2Xgd_AXxlN9Od9RlHNDwVxglP5rI8qJ4Qm3rhpwL5kbYVc-mI_tvB7-w4

America is ignoring the coronavirus variants at its own peril A tale of "two epidemics."

"This marks the first time that the NSC will include an official dedicated to climate change." A step towards progress

Biden prioritizes climate crisis by naming John Kerry special envoy President-elect Joe Biden on Monday appointed John Kerry as his special presidential envoy for climate, underscoring his commitment to tackling the global crisis and offering a symbolic rebuke to President Donald Trump's lack of leadership on the issue.

"The U.S.’s exit from the historic 2015 Paris climate agreement takes effect today, capping four years of President Donald Trump aggressively rolling back the Obama administration’s climate-change-mitigation policies."

U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord after Trump Stalls Global Warming Action for Four Years State-level efforts and a growing renewables market have mitigated federal emissions policy rollbacks—but Trump’s climate impact could be long-lasting