Editorial: It's 'after labor' that's the biggest problem on Labor Day : Stltoday

Editorial: It's 'after labor' that's the biggest problem on Labor Day : Stltoday

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It comes as no surprise this Labor Day that working Americans believe Social Security and Medicare are crucial to their financial security and health in retirement and that they fear politicians are deciding the future of those programs behind closed doors.

A recent nationwide survey commissioned by AARP, which formerly was the American Association of Retired People, found that 80 percent to 90 percent of those asked are worried about the so-called "entitlement programs" to which they have been contributing for most of their working lives.
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aarp has done a fair amount of behind the door stuff itself  unless caught and forced into public debate.