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Disability Advocates Sharply Critical Of Plan To Ease Testing
As Congress looks to reauthorize the nation’s primary education law, advocates are blasting proposed changes they say would lead to lower expectations for students with disabilities. At a U.S. Senate hearing this week, lawmakers began the process of updating the Elementary…
Economy OK Now, but the Social Security Bill Will Come
The economy will have three years of growth before the government’s deficit weighs the country down, according to a report on the nation’s economic outlook issued by the Congressional Budget Office. By 2025, the federal budget may be returning to…
Company Creates Drums For Those With Sensory Issues
At the 2015 National Association of Music Merchants show in Anaheim, Calif. it sounded like heresy to hear a marketing honcho for one of the world’s leading drum manufacturers say, “We’re not trying to turn everyone into a professional drummer.” After…
Senate Subcommittee Assignments
The Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over Social Security has released its subcommittee assignments. The subcommittee assignments seem to be vastly less important in the Senate than in the House but here is the lineup for the relevant subcommittee:…Read…
Have the Right Tools for Retirement
You wouldn’t play golf without a full set of clubs. Don’t go into retirement without a fully equipped retirement toolbox.Retirement brings the freedom to explore a new stage of life. But for many, after years of working for others, it…
Audit: HHS Failure to Screen Obamacare Contract Recipients Cost Taxpayers $400M
An internal investigation into how the federal government awarded contracts for developing and building the Affordable Care Act’s most important public element — the online exchanges that were to be used by millions of Americans to purchase health insurance — has found…
Watch out for IRS related scams
Income tax time is stressful enough, but two varieties of tax-related fraud can turn the process into a huge nightmare, according to Connecticut Better Business Bureau. The first involves a growing wave of threatening telephone calls, supposedly from Internal Revenue…
Social Security: Why Working After 62 Won’t Ruin Your Retirement Benefits
One of the biggest questions facing current and prospective retirees is whether to continue working after applying for Social Security benefits. By doing so, you are potentially putting your benefits at risk of being withheld. But is this really as…
What Is the Social Security Tax Rate?
Nearly everyone who earns an income is subject to taxes based on the current Social Security tax rate. The Social Security tax rates are set by law, and the proceeds are used to pay for important social services, including Social…
India, US to restart talks on social security pact: PM Modi
Seeking to further strengthen bilateral economic relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India and the US will “restart” discussions on the Social Security Agreement and resume talks on Bilateral Investment Treaty. Addressing a joint press meet with US…