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Category: Social Security Reform Articles
Congressional Corner: The Payroll Tax Cut’s Not The Problem – Privatization Is
The following does not necessarily reflect the views of The Senior Citizens League. By Representative Mike Doyle (PA-14) As Congress returns to work, it begins another debate over the Social Security payroll tax – ...
Let’s End The Social Security Payroll Tax Cut
By Mary Johnson The Social Security Trust Fund that covers disability benefits is now about five years from running out of money. The Trust Fund that covers retirement also is in deficit and paying out more in benefi ...
Super Committee Plan To Reduce Deficit Due By Thanksgiving
TSCL Heads to Hill Fighting Social Security Cuts With 692,164 Signatures As the 12-member Congressional “Super Committee” readies a plan for release by Thanksgiving to cut the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillio ...
Debt Limit Showdown: Government Nearly Defaults On Social Security Payments
Social Security and Medicare narrowly escaped the bullet, temporarily at least, during the recent battle over lifting the nation’s borrowing limit. Seniors received their Social Security payments on time and Medicare cl ...
Who Are The “Greedy Geezers”?
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 ...
Hearings On The Hill
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 ...
Hearings On The Hill
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 ...
Millions Of Oldest & Poorest Senior Citizens Would Receive Compensation Under New Legislation
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 ...
More Than Four In Ten Seniors Report Lower Social Security Checks
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 ...
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