From Politico: Democrats are warning President Barack Obama that the fiscal commission he created to help solve the country’s budget problems needs to keep its hands off Social Security. “You have charged the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform with proposing recommendations that improve the long-term fiscal outlook and address the growth of entitlement …
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Wake up, Muggles! Social Security will live forever – unless, of course, you let it die.
Anna Turner is publicly calling out her friends for not bothering to learn what they have at stake in Social Security: I don't bring up Social Security much around my friends, probably because it's not exactly the most riveting topic, but mainly because I know most of us in our twenties haven't given our retirement …
Social Security Sense and Nonsense
Via Off the Charts Blog: By Paul N. Van de Water Here are the facts. Social Security is a well-run, fiscally responsible program. People earn retirement, survivors, and disability benefits by making payroll tax contributions during their working years. Those taxes and other revenues are deposited in the Social Security trust funds, and all benefits …
Social Security Works - Washington 