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Trump to PJM on 2016 Platform: No Social Security Cuts
Donald Trump, chairman and president of the Trump Organization, pledged not to cut Social Security benefits if he became president. “I’m not going to be cutting Social Security and I will tell you I appreciate what Ed Schultz said. He…
Johnson and Boustany Introduce Bill to Promote…
Johnson and Boustany Introduce Bill to Promote Opportunity for Disability Applicants Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) introduced H.R. 2135, the Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants…
Will Social Security Still Be There When You Retire?
The trustees of the Social Security trust fund report each year on the current and projected financial status of the program. In recent years, the analyses have not been encouraging, prompting concern among many that Social Security will not be…
Brady Appointed to Key Social Security Panel in Congress
U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, a Republican from Texas, has been re-appointed to the Social Security subcommittee of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee. He served on the panel for more than a decade before stepping aside earlier this year…
Balancing Workers’ Compensation and the Social Security Offset
In 1983, Congress amended the definition of full retirement age (FRA) for purposes of Social Security benefits. As a result of such changes, FRA changed from age 65 to age 67. Depending on the year of birth of the individual,…
Modernizing the SSDI Eligibility Criteria: A Reform Proposal…
The Social Security Administration has been awarding benefits through its Disability Insurance (SSDI) program at an increasing rate, but meanwhile the actual rate of disability in the US population working age and older has remained stable or even decreased. The…
More U.S. Nonretirees Expect to Rely on Social Security
Although the Social Security program continues to face long-term funding challenges, U.S. nonretirees are more likely to say Social Security will be a major source of income in their retirement than they have been at any point in the last…
Costs of Merging Social Security Retirement and Disability Funds
The urgent financing crisis facing Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) is giving rise to suggestions that the DI Trust Fund be merged with Social Security’s larger Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund. These two components of Social Security have…
The Social Security Benefits of Sitting Senators in 2015
For 80 years, Social Security has served as an essential source of economic security for millions of Americans in their retirement. This has not prevented opponents of the program from asserting that Social Security is insolvent or near bankruptcy. A number of…
Taxes: What federal agency spends the most and where does the rest of your money go?
Americans will spend about $3 trillion dollars this year on health care. It’s difficult for anyone to truly wrap their head around that kind of number, so, let’s think of it in terms of dollars and cents. For every dollar bill…