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Town Hall helps in fight for Social Security, Medicare
For the past 78 years, Social Security has lifted millions of seniors out of poverty and provided many more with the opportunity to live out their golden years with dignity and independence. And for 48 years, Medicare has provided seniors…
Quick Fix for Social Security Could Create False Hopes
Apparently when one is an elected official, one has to make sure their concerns reflect the concerns of their constituency and obviously the concerns of seniors is at the top of the list. Seniors – more than any other age…
House Republicans raise stakes and propose one-year delay of Obamacare
Republicans on Saturday mapped out a collision course towards the first US government shutdown in 17 years, making fresh demands for postponing Obama’s heathcare reforms almost certain to be rejected by Democrats. With federal government spending authority scheduled to expire on Monday night,…
What’s Next? 5 Questions in Government Shutdown Showdown
The federal government is careening ever closer to the first shutdown in 17 years, with time running short – and the inclination to find compromise almost non-existent. So what’s next? The Senate had no plans of coming into session on Sunday. Sen.…
Planes but no passports: life in US after shutdown
Planes will still fly and land safely in the United States with the aid of federal air traffic controllers even if Congress cannot reach a deal to fund the federal government. FBI agents will investigate crimes, mail will be delivered, Social…
Failing To Raise The Debt Ceiling Doesn’t Reduce Government
Many grassroots conservatives and Republican congressmen are under the misapprehension that raising the debt ceiling increases government spending or failing to raise it decreases spending. Neither is true. No one seems to know what will happen if the debt ceiling…
Congressman Ribble asked CBO Dir. Elmendorf about saving Social Security
Social Security is an important issue for all generations, unfortunately its financial situation becomes more precarious each year. If we are going to preserve and protect this vitally important program for those who need it today as well as future…
Shutdown Impact: Tourists, Homebuyers Hit Quickly
If the government “shuts down” next Tuesday, your mail will still come. Doctors will see Medicare patients. NASA will keep talking to the astronauts circling Earth on the Space Station. In fact, the majority of government will remain on the…
SSDI (Problems) in the News
Washington Post’s Michael Fletcher highlights a Maine county where the disability rolls have jumped as the local paper mills have shed jobs. That’s because the program has become a quasi-unemployment program, a problem that’s been exacerbated by the economic downturn. One…
An easy ‘fix’ for Social Security
Mark Miller’s recent article on Social Security provides much important information about the program. He even presents an interesting “fix” expressed by Stephen Gross, the chief actuary of Social Security. However, what was not presented — and has not been widely…