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…
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…
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…
Under growing pressure to reduce the federal deficit, the prospect of major Social Security and Medicare cuts is the greatest it’s been in almost three…
With deficit reduction negotiations running into the federal debt limit deadline, cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) cuts remain on a short list of dwindling options for Congressional…
Alexandria, VA (June 14, 2011) Cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) are “overpaying” Social Security recipients, and the government needs to switch to an “improved” method of measuring inflation…
By Mary Johnson Your cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) “overpays” you. Yes, that is an outrageous statement — especially since you haven’t gotten a COLA boost for…
There’s been a remarkable increase in the number of bankruptcy petitions filed by seniors, age 50 and older, in recent years. And older filers are…
Housing, gasoline, food, healthcare — you name it, costs are taking some of the biggest jumps in years. In virtually every category, prices are on…
For most retirees the average Social Security benefit of $1,100 is their main source of income. But the sluggish economy has made the federal budget…