What do older voters think about the back-door debt limit deal tactics of using Social Security cuts in exchange for lifting the debt limit? The single biggest government account holding federal debt is the Social Secur ...
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Time To Close The Social Security Tax Loophole?
Congress recently enacted legislation that ended two so-called Social Security benefit “loopholes” — known as “file and suspend” and “restricted application.” Details about the changes, which affect some married couples ...
Strengthen Social Security – Close The Social Security Tax Loophole?
Congress recently enacted legislation that ended two so-called Social Security benefit “loopholes” — known as “file and suspend” and “restricted application.” Details about the changes, which affect some married couples ...
Savings Hurt By Low Interest Rates? So Is Social Security’s, CBO Says
Today’s almost non-existent interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds are hastening the insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund, says a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO said that the shortf ...
Will Social Security Last As Long As You Do?
Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
Strengthen Social Security — Why NOW is the Time!
Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
70% Of Older Voters Think Social Security Payroll Tax Should Apply To All Earnings
(Washington, DC) – Seventy percent of older Americans think Social Security’s solvency can be improved by scrapping the Social Security taxable wage limit of $118,500, according to a survey by The Senior Citizens League ...
Benefit Bulletin: February/March 2016
Can We Trust Congress After Surprise Social Security Cuts? Last October’s debt deal contained surprise Social Security changes that will cost some Baby Boomer couples tens of thousands in anticipated Social Security i ...
Congress Averts 19% Social Security Disability Benefit Cut
Congress managed to pass a short-term fix to prevent a 19% benefit cut that was due to hit disabled Social Security beneficiaries by the end of this year. The legislation heads off the cut by temporarily transferring som ...
Majority Of Retirees Say COLA Should Be Top Priority For Congress
(Washington, DC) – Providing a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2016 should be the next top priority for Congress, according to a new poll of retirees released today by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). When asked, “ ...
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