An intense battle over Social Security is brewing and TSCL is gearing up for major Congressional action. Recently retired Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan waded back into the fray to tell Congress “Our choices ri ...
Daily Archives: September 26, 2011
Notch Bulletin: March 2011
Recently we received the following from one of our readers: Please tell me how long your organization has been working on the Notch legislation with Congress. We are 84 to 93 years old. How many Notch Babies are still ...
Did Illegal Immigrants Pocket Billions In Making Work Pay Tax Credits?
By Mary Johnson While the U.S. Treasury predicts the government will run out of cash as early as March 31st, illegal immigrant workers may have pocketed billions in 2009 and 2010 in advance Making Work Pay tax credits f ...
Notch Bulletin: May 2011
I am 92 years old and live on Social Security. I live with my son and his wife so am not hurting too badly. But the rise in health insurance is taking a good-sized chunk of my only source of income. My doctor refused ...
TSCL Files Third FOIA Lawsuit
Like the enormous sword of Greek legend hanging by a single hair above the head of Damocles, the U.S. Totalization agreement with Mexico continues to remain hanging over our nation’s Social Security program. The agreeme ...
What’s The Impact Of Illegal Work On Social Security? Lines At Social Security Offices At The Border
By Mary Johnson Here’s something hard to believe, but true. Our government is paying Social Security benefits to thousands of Mexicans who don’t live in this country, or were never entitled to benefits based on their o ...
The Social Security Notch: An Economic Analysis By Dr. John Haldi
By John Haldi The Notch refers to the one-time, precipitous and unprecedented drop in Social Security benefits paid to people born in 1917 and the years immediately thereafter. This drop in benefits resulted from the 1 ...
Legislative Updates: COLA’s & Medicare Premiums
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant Over the past several months many different plans and ideas have surfaced to reduce the federal deficit, including what the government spends on Social Security and Medicare. ...
Legislative Update: Social Security Trust Funds
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant During our slow, arduous economic recovery that followed the financial crisis and recession of 2008 and 2009, many government programs, Social Security in particular, were stre ...
Legislative Update: September 2011
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) often hears from seniors who, in their advanced age, have drawn down all of their assets and are relying solely on Social Security as their ...
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