….As independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont remarked recently, ?Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation?s history. Let?s be clear. For more than 75 years, Social Security has, in good times and bad, paid out every nickel owed to every eligible American.?
Wall Street certainly cannot say that. The Social Security program, which was inspired by UW-Madison economists and the state?s vibrant progressive movement, has succeeded in keeping millions of senior citizens, widows and orphans and the disabled out of extreme poverty.