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Our View: 80 years later, Social Security at a crossroads
(Source – www.tauntongazette.com) With apologies to Mark Twain, reports of Social Security’s death have, in the past, been greatly exaggerated. That said, the latest government report on the most central of safety nets offers dire warnings for the near and distant…
Social Security at 80: Modest Changes Could Save Program
(By – STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press) As Social Security approaches its 80th birthday Friday, the federal government’s largest benefit program stands at a pivotal point in its history. Relatively modest changes to taxes and benefits could still save it for generations…
New Mexico Man Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Send Stolen Social Security Benefits to Nigeria
(Source – www.justice.gov) A New Mexico man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme in which Social Security benefits were obtained using stolen identities, and the proceeds wired to Nigeria. Jasper Denetclaw, 43, pleaded guilty…
How Much Do We Owe? $72 Trillion And Counting
(By – John C. Goodman, Forbes Contributor) The Social Security/Medicare Trustees have issued their latest reports and they are not easy reading for the uninitiated. I suspect most of the Trustees hope you don’t read them at all. They prefer…
A revealing GOP debate
(By – Vincent Carroll, The Denver Post) The pundits’ verdict on whether Donald Trump helped or hurt himself at Thursday’s debate is sharply divided, with some — Alex Roarty of the National Journal, for example — calling him a winner and…
1 Presidential Candidate’s Radical Fix for Social Security
(By – Sean Williams) The Social Security program that your parents once knew will be changing sometime in the next 18 years, whether we want it to or not. What’s wrong with Social Security? The Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance…
People need to know more about retirement funding
(Source – www.magnoliareporter.com) George Foreman, first famous as a world heavyweight championship boxer, then as a kitchen appliance guru, once said, “The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” “That statement is true for most workers,”…
Social Security recently launched its new blog, Social Security Matters
(By – Mickie Douglas, SS Public Affairs Specialist via www.heraldextra.com) Social Security recently launched its new blog, Social Security Matters. This is the new location for engaging with people by answering questions and concerns in a more sharable and interactive way. This…
Young Social Security Disability Awardees: Who They are and What They Do after Award
By – Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David C. Stapleton, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Abstract: A significant share of individuals who are first awarded Social Security benefits because of a disability is aged younger than 40. Using administrative data on young adults aged 18-39…
Can taxing pimps and prostitutes save Social Security?
(Source – money.cnn.com) Can taxing pimps, prostitutes and other underground economy dwellers really fix Social Security? Huckabee defended his support of the Fair Tax at the Republican debate on Thursday evening. Pushed by Americans For Fair Taxation, the tax reform proposal…