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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…
Bush: Retirement Age Should be Phased in to ’68 or 70′
(By – Julian Hattem, The Hill) Jeb Bush wants to push back the retirement age for Social Security by as many as five years. Instead of allowing Americans to collect full benefits at age 65, the former Florida governor and likely…
Inflation Could Give Seniors a Raise – But Don’t Count On It
(By – Scott Burns, The Dallas Daily News) Inflation could be a sweet double-whammy for the folks I call Solvent Seniors. Social Security benefits increase with inflation; for 2015, the increase was 1.7 percent. And if inflation is more than…
Social Security Announces Vision 2025, a Long-Range Service Delivery Vision
(By – Christina Vital, via www.50pluslife.com) Embarking on its 80th Anniversary of being a key piece of the Nation’s fabric, Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, has officially released Vision 2025. The vision will serve as a “North Star”…
How conservative seniors want to reform Social Security
(By – JASON RUSSELL, Washington Examiner) With Social Security’s Disability Insurance Trust Fund projected to run out of money in late 2016, liberals are calling for a simple reallocation of funds from the Social Security retirement fund to keep the…
Lifelong Wage Gaps Shrink Women’s Social Security Checks
(By – Sharon Johnson, WeNews senior correspondent) The future of Social Security is shaping up to be a major contention in the 2016 presidential campaign and women, who depend more heavily on the system, have much at stake. “Social Security is often…
How to Know When Retirement is Right for You and Your Family
(Source – www.foxbusiness.com) It’s unfortunate, but true: Baby Boomers are feeling the economic pressure to work much later in life than in any previous generation. In a 2012 survey conducted by Wells Fargo, 1,000 individuals making less than $100,000 a year…