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AMERICAN FORUM: Keep Social Security off the table
Social Security provides financial benefit to over 50 million people, 18 percent of the population, 70 percent of those beneficiaries are retired workers, more children receive Social Security payments than children on public welfare, and Social Security’s redistributive formula has…
New Monterey employment agency to cater to seniors
Wanted: Skilled, mature, motivated person needed to work part time. Must work for modest wages, and no health care. Most people who register with Pat Coniglio’s Nu-Age Employment agency aren’t looking for high pay — just a few bucks to…
Study calls for retirement savings plan with pensionlike safety
WASHINGTON – Declaring the nation’s private-sector retirement system “broken,” the Center for American Progress is adding its voice to the growing call for a new kind of investment vehicle to shore up retirement security for workers. CAP, a liberal think…
White House, lawmakers look to avoid October shutdown, but …
Congressional Republican leaders and the Obama administration are trying to cut a deal to avoid an October government shutdown that could disrupt federal programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, and keep the government operating at current spending levels through…
Don’t Get Complacent About Social Security - They Still Want to Cut It
In every successful struggle there’s a time to celebrate a hard-fought victory. When it comes to Social Security, this is not that time. It’s true that, after including the “chained CPI” benefit cut in his latest budget, President Obama seems…
The $3 Trillion Question That No One Wants to Answer
The media is not covering the problem looming in Social Security, one which will fall on millennials much sooner than 2033. The $3 trillion question is: Where will the government get the money to repay the Trust Fund? This is…
Do you owe the self-employment tax?
If you’re self-employed as a sole proprietor, partner, or LLC member, you may owe the dreaded self-employment (SE) tax. If so, the bill is on top of any income taxes owed to the Feds and your friendly state tax collector.…
52 Percent of Young Americans Favor Social Security Opt-Outs …
The vast majority of Americans (64 percent) have a favorable view of the Social Security program, with 25 percent who are very favorable, according to Reason-Rupe . However, delving deeper, it is less clear if Americans approve of the mechanics…
Obamacare’s hurdles higher than Medicare’s
President Barack Obama says he’s not worried that all the Obamacare fights will kill the law — because people fought the creation of Medicare and Social Security too, and now they’re more popular than ever. But this time there’s a…
Demographic shifts will impact government
ATLANTA — The divergent views of the George Zimmerman trial for the death of Trayvon Martin illustrate how profound demographic differences can be, but the implications go beyond pop culture to impact all levels of government. In that case surveys…