By Mary Johnson, Editor Imagine checking your bank balance and discovering your Social Security payment is 20% less than it should be. You contact the Social Security Administration only to be told that the Trust Fund ...
Category: Social Security Reform Articles
Legislative Update: June 2013
Social Security's Solvency Can Be Improved Without Cutting Benefits By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Since its inception in 1937, Social Security has been financed by a dedicated payroll tax on all earnings ...
Two Social Security Reforms That Seniors Strongly Support
Two Social Security Reforms That Seniors Strongly Support Alexandria, VA (June 17, 2013) Seniors are closely following the debate over Social Security, and a new survey indicates strong support for two major changes ...
Benefit Bulletin: November 2012
More Experts Say Oldest Seniors Need Benefit Boost —TSCL Continues Push For Notch Reform Amidst the debate over Social Security, a proposal that would benefit seniors over age 85 appears to be winning bipartisan supp ...
Social Security and Medicare Solvency— Why It’s Time For A Contingency Plan
By Mary Johnson If you're preparing for a long sea journey and about to set sail in stormy waters would you knowingly board a ship without adequate lifeboats or an emergency plan? Dumb question, I agree, but this is ...
Action Call!
TSCL Wants You A financing crisis is looming for Social Security and Medicare and the future of our benefits is at stake. You can make the difference. Help TSCL muster the grass roots support to stop the plans to put ...
2012 TSCL Senior Survey
How Should Congress Strengthen Social Security and Medicare? Congress has spent much of its time over the past two years locked in a rigidly - partisan standoff over the federal budget deficit. But TSCL’s new 2012 Sen ...
Economy Headed For “Fiscal Cliff”
The failure of the politically divided Congress and Obama White House to address a sizable list of thorny spending and tax issues by year’s end could pose hardships for seniors and a setback for the economy. At the close ...
Social Security Trustees: Legislative Action Needed “ASAP”
The Social Security and Medicare trustees recently released their annual reports amidst controversy over the numbers. The Social Security trustees say that program financing is eroding faster than anticipated, and the di ...
Thieves Stealing Social Security Disability Benefits While Insolvency Looms
With the help of his now deceased mother, Anthony George obtained a second Social Security Number under the fictitious name of Sonny Fisher in 1982. Using his fake identity, in 1993 he applied for disability benefits und ...
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