social security

AMAC Explains How Social Security Survivor Benefits Work

As an answer to a question posed in a letter to the editor, the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)…

6 years ago

Did Paul Ryan Propose Raising The Retirement Age To 70?

The liberal Facebook page Really American, which has nearly 1 million followers, posted a meme claiming that House Speaker Paul…

7 years ago

Hogan: Social Security Won’t Give You Security

If you're counting on Social Security to finance your retirement, you're in for a big surprise. Money expert Chris Hogan…

8 years ago

Social Security Administration Announces 2.0% COLA Increase

The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it will increase Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than…

8 years ago

Social Security Administration Releases Proposed Rules on Disability-Related Gun Ban

 On Friday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) released a draft of a proposed rulemaking that would supposedly bring the agency…

9 years ago

The Coming Social Security War

When one faction of politicians makes a principled stance and threatens to shut down the government, the opposing faction likes…

10 years ago

Obama’s Budget Plan: Raise Taxes on Middle Class, Gut Charities

$800 billion in tax increases form the center of President Obama's new budget plan with some $1.2 Billion in cuts…

12 years ago

Obama Pardons Infamous Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff, Appoints to Manage Social Security Trust Fund

"Madoff duped a handful of well-off investors…meanwhile the Social Security program is duping generations of all classes of investors…" –Dr.…

13 years ago

The Real Reason Why Democrats Do Not Want To Privatize Social Security

What do Great Britain, Australia, Argentina, Peru, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Russia and Chile have in common? They all have privatized…

13 years ago

Social Security: Issuing Checks & Hollow–Points

Some of the more excitable members of the conservative Internet commentariat sounded battle stations when they learned the Social Security…

13 years ago

NASI releases misleading video on Social Security as tool for teachers

Comparing the amount of money spent to the size of the economy, the group uses powerpoint-esque animations to help children,…

13 years ago

The Coming Entitlement Crisis

In February of last year, conservative commentator  George Will gave a great lecture at the Navy War College in Rhode Island.  In…

13 years ago

Retirement Programs-Running on Empty

Government trustees report this week reveal that Social Security and Medicare will run out of money sooner than expected. Medicare…

13 years ago

Obama creating a nation of lazy, good-for-nothing mooches

Finally we are able to point at something (besides record gas prices) as an accomplishment of the Obama Administration: more…

13 years ago