Social Security Video and Articles

Stocks Inch Up After Greece Deal

09 Feb 2012

…wasn't at the forefront of his franchisees' minds: They're more interested in the U.S. presidential election and getting clarity on small-business loans and whether a cut in the Social Security payroll tax will be extended. ...

GOP Targets Tax Break for Illegals

08 Feb 2012

…would require people who claim the credit to have Social Security numbers as proof that they're legal workers. It's being offered as a way to help pay for extending the Social Security tax cut for most American wage-earners. Senate… ...

Lawmakers 'Concerned' Over Payroll Tax

07 Feb 2012

…expires. If Congress fails to act, workers will see their take-home pay shrink as the 4.2 percent tax used to fund Social Security reverts to 6.2 percent. Workers who have been unemployed for an extended basis would lose or face less generous… ...

Understanding the Ron Paul phenomenon

04 Feb 2012

…economic Armageddon. Those “traditional” views about everything – debt, taxes, spending, entitlements, Social Security , bailouts for billionaire bankers, the Fed, wars – led to the insolvency and bankruptcy of this great country… ...

Happy Birthday, Ayn Rand -- Why…

02 Feb 2012

…Rand-inspired political movement would affirm that it is yours by right. And instead of looking at programs like Social Security and Medicaid only from the recipients’ point of view, a Rand-inspired political movement would point to the great… ...

Lawmakers Near Consensus on Tax Deal

01 Feb 2012

…concurred that a current break for workers paying Social Security taxes should be kept in place until the end of 2012…
…tax that most workers pay on their earnings to fund Social Security will revert in March to 6.2 percent from its current… ...

Congressional budget chief…

01 Feb 2012

…of people aged 65 or older will increase by one-third in the coming decade, substantially raising the costs of Social Security , Medicare and Medicaid ." In addition, he said, the new federal health care overhaul will significantly increase… ...

Romney sings 'America the Beautiful'

31 Jan 2012

…Medicare," Romney joked. "That being the case, I hope you tell your friends ... we will never go after Medicare or Social Security." Romney largely relied on his normal stump speech, though he omitted mention of his primary GOP rival Newt Gingrich… ...

Florida voting blocs nearly as…

31 Jan 2012

…Sumter County Republican Party chairman, said the issues concerning seniors this year aren't so much Medicare and Social Security, per se, but "pocketbook issues" on the economy as a whole and the direction of the country. Many senior Republicans… ...

Romney Makes Final Pitch to Fla. Seniors

30 Jan 2012

…Medicare," Romney joked. "That being the case, I hope you tell your friends ... we will never go after Medicare or Social Security." Romney largely relied on his normal stump speech, though he omitted mention of his primary GOP rival Newt Gingrich… ...

Japan Population Expected to Drop

30 Jan 2012

…next 50 years, Kyodo News reported. A report from the Japanese government's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, released Monday, estimates that the country's population will drop to 86.74 million by 2060, down… ...

Between Google and GPS, privacy…

25 Jan 2012

…personal information about Schmidt's life online (including the fact that reporters were easily able to obtain his Social Security number). Schmidt would later qualify his position, saying at a meeting, “People have a right to privacy; it… ...

The speech I wish Obama had given

25 Jan 2012

…Still, all these cuts combined will only dent our deficit. We must cut Medicare , Social Security and the military. I know. Medicare and Social Security are popular. But they are unsustainable. The only way to cut costs and still have medical… ...

Republicans Attack Obama's Record

25 Jan 2012

…In terms of GOP policy, Daniels said the country must unite to save the safety net, by preserving Medicare and Social Security for those in or approaching retirement, and by creating a "new, affordable safety net so future Americans are protected… ...

Proposals That Will Be Forgotten…

25 Jan 2012

…over his health care law (mentioned once, only very briefly, in passing). You would never know that Medicare and Social Security will soon be groaning under the coming wave of baby boomer retirements. You would never know the tax code is a hideously… ...

TRANSCRIPT: GOP Rebuttal to…

24 Jan 2012

…we must unite to save the safety net. Medicare and Social Security have served us well, and that must continue. But…
…those who need them most. "The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain… ...

TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State…

24 Jan 2012

…summer, I'm prepared to make more reforms that rein in the long term costs of Medicare and Medicaid , and strengthen Social Security , so long as those programs remain a guarantee of security for seniors. But in return, we need to change our tax… ...

Congress Split Over Payroll Tax Break

24 Jan 2012

…If the negotiators do not reach a full-year agreement, the tax that most workers pay on their earnings to fund Social Security will revert in March to 6.2 percent from its current 4.2 percent rate. The group of 20 negotiators will next… ...