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Boxer Urges Swift Access to Social Security Benefits for Same-Sex Couples
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today called on the Social Security Administration to swiftly extend Social Security survivor benefits to all same-sex couples and their families. Read more… Notice: The “Read more…” link provided above connects readers to the…
Cowan and Kessler: The left’s four fiscal fantasies
There is a rising chorus on the left, most recently articulated in an op-ed by Neera Tanden and Michael Linden (“Deficits are not destiny”) of the Center for American Progress, that our fiscal conversation should be declared over and plans…
Social Security by committee
The angry responses just keep on coming to the retirement planning blog in which there was a suggestion that the minimum age for claiming Social Security be raised to 63 or 64. Many of the more than 1,000 comments suggest that taxing the wealthy…
Editorial: Social Security reform must be part of bigger budget deal
If switching to the chained CPI isn’t the right reform for Social Security, then what is? Hint: It isn’t switching to a cost-of-living formula that pays even more in benefits to all retirees. And it isn’t doing nothing. Read more……
Union Retirees in Texas Rally Against Proposed ‘Chained CPI’ Cuts to Social Security
About 40 demonstrators gathered at the J.J. Pickle Federal Building in downtown Austin for that city’s event. Representatives of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett accepted the group’s thanks for his position on the measure. Tony Padilla, Secretary of the Texas Alliance…
Online estimator helps those planning their retirement
Q: I am 65 and enrolled in Medicare. Can I still use the Social Security Retirement Estimator to figure my benefit amount? A: Yes, you can still use the Retirement Estimator. To use the Retirement Estimator, you must have enough Social Security credits…
Higgins stands with Alliance for Retired Americans to protest chained CPI
Congressman Brian Higgins, D-NY-26, joined the Alliance for Retired Americans on their National Day of Action to make their voices heard about the consequences of implementing chained CPI to calculate the cost of living adjustment, or COLA, Social Security benefits. Read…
Social Security and public-sector pensions
Congress enacted The Social Security Government Pension Offset (GPO) in 1977 as part of a series of amendments to improve the program’s finances. Similarly, the Social Security Amendments of 1983 included the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). Read more… Notice:…
Officials see immigration reform bolstering Social Security in the short term
The White House said this week that passing the immigration bill will help boost Social Security — a claim that gets at the heart of the immigration debate and whether it’s good for the economy or not. Two of the federal government’s…
What makes America great: A tale of the social contract
My introduction to capitalism came courtesy of a 20-foot combined Pepsi-Cola and Chevron sign in my grandparents’ front yard. It advertised their small, hand-built country store Lee’s Gas & Grocery, an entrepreneurial venture that became a landmark and staple in…