We are reading a lot these days about “Greedy Geezers.”  The term is used to describe supposedly self-centered seniors who insist that elected lawmakers get their HANDS OFF! Social Security and Medicare.  These affluent ...

Social Security and Medicare Public Trustees Recommend Raising Eligibility Age and Benefit Formula Changes Notes from Jessie Gibbons, TSCL Legislative Analyst On June 3, 2011, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on S ...

Recently the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing in which panelists gave “Perspectives on Deficit Reduction.” Notes from Jessie Gibbons, TSCL Legislative Analyst Recently the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing ...

Alexandria, VA (May 10, 2011) - Millions of the nation's oldest and poorest senior citizens would be compensated for the lower Social Security benefit they've received for more than 30 years under proposed bipartisan leg ...

Alexandria, VA (February 17, 2011) Forty-four percent of seniors report they are receiving lower Social Security checks compared to 2010 - even while dealing with significantly higher expenses.  The findings are part of ...

TSCL Wants to Know: Did You Wind Up Owing Uncle Sam?  More headaches are on the way this tax season.  For the second year in a row, the Making Work Pay Tax Credit didn’t work as planned for an estimated 13.4 million ta ...

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 rig ...

Anthony Cummings, a fugitive on the run from a child rape indictment in Georgia, improperly collected thousands of dollars in Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI) payments until the law finally caught up with him. T ...