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Week ahead: House poised to repeal ObamaCare tax
(By – Peter Sullivan, The Hill) The House is scheduled to vote on bills repealing parts of ObamaCare, even as lawmakers keep a tense watch for the Supreme Court’s decision on the law’s subsidies. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced in…
President Obama Challenges Supreme Court’s Review of Obamacare Subsidies, says AMAC
(By – The Association of Mature American Citizens, Inc.) The Obamacare fan club is out in force, led by their cheerleader-in-chief, President Obama, himself. They are making a last ditch effort to influence the decision of the Supreme Court, which…
A crisis for seniors who rely on Social Security
(By – Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), www.thehill.com) It seems every time we talk about the long-term future of Social Security, many in Washington start clamoring to raise the retirement age or propose other ways to trim Social Security’s modest benefits.…
How You Can Lose Your Social Security Benefits
(By – Hal M. Bundrick, CFP, www.thestreet.com) Social Security is a safety net for millions of Americans, either for retirement, disability or for the survivors of a qualified deceased family member. But there are situations when those benefits can be…
Editorial: Social Security needs to clean its disability rolls
(Source – The Albuquerque Journal) The Social Security disability program is set to go broke in October 2016 – in large part because, for a decade, benefits being paid out have outstripped payroll taxes being paid in. But it certainly doesn’t help…
Countdown to Retirement: Dos and Don’ts for Your Final Working Year
(By – Maryalene LaPonsie, U.S. News & World Report) Some 4 million baby boomers are expected to retire in the next year. If you’re one of them, you need to make sure you’re on solid ground before exiting the workforce. Otherwise,…
Obama says Supreme Court should never have taken up health law case, in blunt challenge
(Source – www.foxnews.com) President Obama bluntly challenged the Supreme Court over a pending ruling on the validity of ObamaCare subsidies, complaining Monday that the court should never have taken up the case — and warning that a ruling against subsidies…
Womack: Federal Programs On Road to Insolvency
(By – John Lovett, Times Record) U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said he is willing to risk his political future to make what could be some unpopular decisions that solve a number of serious economic issues that require long-term solutions. Several…
Ted Cruz Advocates ‘Commonsense Reforms’ to Social Security
(By – Susan Jones, CNSNews.com) “If I’m elected in November 2016, I hope to lead the effort to…preserve and strengthen Social Security and Medicare for decades going forward,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto on Thursday. “I’m 44.…
Greenspan: U.S. ‘Way Underestimating’ the National Debt
Former Fed Chairman calls Social Security trust fund “nonsense” and “meaningless” (By – Nicholas Ballasy) Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said a Social Security Trust Fund does not exist and that the U.S. is “way underestimating” the…