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Social Security Cuts Are Coming
(By – Aaron Bandler, townhall.com) Social Security is known as the “third rail” of politics because of how politically sensitive it is. Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to take away your Social Security every campaign cycle, it seems. But what politicians don’t tell…
More paying Obamacare fines as subsidies go to people who don’t exist
(By Eric Boehm, watchdog.org) The IRS fined more than 7.5 million Americans who didn’t have health insurance in 2014, even as Obamacare subsidies flowed to people who didn’t even exist. It reported last week the number of Americans who faced fines because…
Time is Running Out to Fix Social Security
(By – Charles Blahous, via economics21.org) Last week saw the publication of the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees’ reports, along with an accompanying summary. The occasion was bittersweet for me, these being the last such reports in which I participated as…
No cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security in 2016?
(By – JASON J. FICHTNER, MERCATUS CENTER AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY) Lost in the news surrounding the release of the 2015 Social Security Trustees report is the likelihood that Social Security beneficiaries won’t see a cost-of-living adjustment increase, or COLA, in 2016.…
Supporting the Americans with Disabilities Act
(By – Phil Gambino, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Communications, socialsecurity.gov) Social Security is committed to the principles and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to improve the lives of our beneficiaries and our employees who have one or more disabilities. You…
Social Security Is Under Fire But It Is Here to Stay
(By – Jamie Hopkins, Forbes Contributor) For the past few years, the Annual Social Security Trustee Report has effectively served as a yearly reminder to the American public of the grave funding issues threatening the solvency of the most important retirement…
Christie slams 2016 opponents for being ‘vague’
(By – Jordain Carney, The Hill) “I heard a candidate complain the other day that, you know, ‘my positions’ — meaning that candidate’s positions — ‘on comments I made about entitlement reform are being misconstrued by the press.’ Well, it’s…
Save the Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund
(By – J Patrick Gromek, www.AMAC.us) While many in the media are consumed with presidential politics, national scandals and foreign crises, the tide has been slowly rising on a serious concern closer to home — at least for older and disabled Americans. A…
Retirement Readiness: How Gen X and Gen Y Really Picture Their Futures
(By Molly Triffin, www.foxbusiness.com) Pop quiz! Who’s most worried about retirement: a) baby boomers, b) Gen Xers or c) Millennials? You’re probably thinking boomers, seeing as their golden years are just around the corner. But according to a new Merrill Edge survey, Gen…
2015 Social Security Trustees Report Issued
(Source – www.socialsecurity.gov) The 2015 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds has been released. The Social Security Act requires that the Board, among other duties, report annually to…