Showing posts with label social security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social security. Show all posts
Thursday, December 23, 2010

No trust for Social Security

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Fortune Magazine’s senior editor-at-large, Allan Sloan writes that the Social Security trust fund is a trap and a fantasy, and in no way a...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Dems: Tax Cut Package Will Kill Social Security

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Is the tax deal the beginning of the end of Social Security? Some Democrats in Congress sure think so. The Hill.com reports: Rep. Peter...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

`Invalid' Forms by Supposed Billionaires Skew U.S. Wage Figures

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From Bloomberg.com : The Social Security Administration asked its inspector general to investigate how a $32.3 billion mistake skewed its...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

New Figures Detail Depth Of Unemployment Misery

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According to data from a new Social Security report one out of every 34 Americans that earned wages in 2008, had no income whatsoever in 2...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Social Security: No 2011 Increase

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On Friday, the Federal Government announced that there would be no rise in Social Security benefits next year. This will mark the second y...
Monday, October 11, 2010

No Cost-Of-Living Raise This Year For Seniors

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Although the Social Security Administration has informed Congress that they will not make an official announcement about cost of living in...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

US Supreme Court To Consider Tax Rule On Medical Residents

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Yesterday, the U.S Supreme Court decided they would hear a case regarding the payment of social security taxes for students of medical col...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Social Security, Defense Top List of Debt Panel's Targets

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The bipartisan fiscal commission has been working on a plan to reduce the national debt, and Social Security and Pentagon expenses are at ...

Hire this Summer and Get a Tax Break

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If you are an employer, you don’t want to overlook the HIRE Act tax benefits. If you are looking to hire some new employees, college studen...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Get the most from your Social Security

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The Social Security system has been on the minds of many people these days. It has been speculated, for many years now, that Social Security...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Will a fix to Social Security cure our country’s long-term fiscal problems?

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Social Security reform has been a hot topic for some time now. Many people are worried that there won’t be any money in Social Security ret...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Obama Calls for $250 Payments to Seniors

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President Barack Obama is asking congress to pass a new plan to give senior citizens $250 payments next year to compensate for not receivi...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Recession Hurts Medicare and Social Security

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From Reuters.com : The U.S. Social Security and Medicare retirement and health programs for the elderly will run short of funds sooner th...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Latest Good Reads

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Undoing the Bush tax cuts may prove harder than closing Guantanamo. Social security privatization. How to make the bank beg you to loa...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

McCain Willing to Compromise on Fixing Social Security

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The other day, I came across this interesting article on the Carpet Bagger Report on how McCain’s stance on Social Security has appeared ...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Obama’s Social Security Plan Lacks Important Details

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From the Associated Press : Barack Obama's bid to place a new Social Security tax on very high incomes is either a bold or foolhardy p...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

AARP Upset Over Stimulus Package

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According to Yahoo News, the AARP is speaking out against Congress’ plans for an economic stimulus package. The plan could give individual t...