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February 08, 2010
Obama: Digging a deeper hole
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, February 8, 2010 Monday
 We're already on the hook for about a half-million dollars per household just to pay for the unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare, according to David M. Walker, former U.S. comptroller...
Social Security races to 'negative'; Rash of retirements push fund to brink
USA TODAY, February 8, 2010 Monday
 WASHINGTON -- Social Security's annual surplus nearly evaporated in 2009 for the first time in 25 years as the recession led hundreds of thousands of workers to retire or claim disability.
February 07, 2010
Semantics aside, Social Security is facing a bumpy political road
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, February 7, 2010 Sunday
 WASHINGTON - Beyond the thick curtain of finger-wagging last week over huge deficits and an unsustainable debt, a familiar battle resurfaced over the future of Social Security. "For those under 55, we...
The Houston Chronicle
February 7, 2010 Sunday
 Upcoming Art Exhibition: Monday-March 2. Artwork will be on display daily in the San Jacinto College South campus library, San Jacinto College South, 13735 Beamer Road. Call 281-484-1900, ext. 3563. T...
Social security offers tax tips to seniors citizens
Today's Sunbeam (New Jersey), February 7, 2010 Sunday
 The holidays are over, the gift-giving (and spending) is done, and you're almost finished returning all of the things you don't want or need. You've even jotted down your New Year's resolutions and pl...
February 06, 2010
No right to increase in Social Security
Eastern Express Times (Pennsylvania), February 6, 2010 Saturday
 As a Social Security recipient, I neither anticipated nor expected a cost-of-living increase this year since, by law, I am not entitled to one. In 1973, legislation created a cost-of -living adjustmen...
Mom sentenced for benefits fraud; Woman used kids' Social Security $
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts), February 6, 2010 Saturday
 A Fitchburg woman was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District in Worcester for defrauding the Social Security Administration of benefits intended for her children.
I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES ON RETURNS OF AN IRA VERSUS SOCIAL SECURITY
WALL STREET JOURNAL ABSTRACTS, February 6, 2010 Saturday
February 05, 2010
It's Politics: Battle over privatizing Social Security heats up; El Monte doesn't donate
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California), February 5, 2010 Friday
 Rep. Linda Sánchez is leading a Democratic effort to force Republicans into a politically charged vote on privatizing Social Security. Sánchez and Connecticut Rep. John Larson, chairman of the House D...
Social Security benefits at risk under Republicans
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Maine), February 5, 2010 Friday
 It looks like our old Morning Sentinel has changed and has now become biased. You printed Paul Sylvain's letter only for the opinion page in the Morning Sentinel, and not the Kennebec Journal. It is e...
Toomey loves Wall Street, can't bear Social Security
Eastern Express Times (Pennsylvania), February 5, 2010 Friday
 I saw an amusing political cartoon in the newspaper recently. It was of a small boat riding high on a wave coming in from Massachusetts to Pennsylvanian and the boat was named Toomey. I really hope th...
February 04, 2010
Social security q&a
San Antonio Express-News, February 4, 2010 Thursday
 NOTE:There are now four Social Security offices in San Antonio. The newest office is located at 402 Isom Road. The office is situated between San Pedro and East Ramsey just outside of North Loop 410. ...
Don't forget Social Security recipients
Eastern Express Times (Pennsylvania), February 4, 2010 Thursday
 How do people like working 30 to 40 years, paying into Social Security and having the president tell us there will be no Social Security raise for the next two years because we have helped so many for...
February 02, 2010
MARKETS & MONEY; MONEY MATTER; Social Security taxed if wages significant
The Boston Herald, February 2, 2010 Tuesday
 Is my Social Security retirement subject to taxes? If the only income you have during the year is Social Security, then your benefit usually isn't taxable. However, if you earned income during the yea...
February 01, 2010
House tries to help jobless seniors
The Salt Lake Tribune, February 1, 2010 Monday
 The House approved a bill Monday that would allow working seniors who are laid off to collect full unemployment benefits even if they are also collecting Social Security benefits. Currently, the state...
House passes bill to help unemployed seniors
The Salt Lake Tribune, February 1, 2010 Monday
 The House on Monday approved a bill that allows working seniors who are laid off to collect full unemployment benefits even if they are also collecting Social Security benefits. Currently, the state w...
January 31, 2010
News Roundup
San Antonio Express-News, January 31, 2010 Sunday
 SAN ANTONIO Social Security opens new office A new Social Security office is now open on the city's North Side. The office located at 402 Isom Road is one of four Social Security offices in San Antoni...
Social security can benefit family
Today's Sunbeam (New Jersey), January 31, 2010 Sunday
 At the start of a new year, many folks like to take stock of their situation in life - work, health, finances, etc. But most of us avoid doing much thinking about death - or what it might mean for sur...
January 29, 2010
Hawthorne Republicans aware of fraud probe?; Democrats heard rumors in summer
Herald News (Passaic County, NJ), January 29, 2010 Friday
 Hawthorne ? Democratic challengers in the 2009 election say they were aware of an ongoing federal investigation of former Councilwoman Shirley Shortway-English in August ? and do not believe they were...
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries: January 29, 2010
The Daily Record of Rochester (Rochester, NY), January 29, 2010 Friday
 Social Security Reconsideration - 'Res Judicata' Dunn v. Astrue 08-CV-704 Judge Telesca Background: Plaintiff Philip A. Dunn, on behalf of Ian W. Dunn, seeks judicial review of the administrative deni...
January 28, 2010
Q&A WITH ADAM CHILDERS; INTERVIEWING JOB APPLICANTS COULD PRESENT LEGAL CHALLENGES
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), January 28, 2010 Thursday
   Q: Is it legal for employers to ask for Social Security numbers and birth dates on applications? And why is that information important for employers to have?  A: It is legal for employers to ask for...
Seniors paid for these benefits
USA TODAY, January 28, 2010 Thursday
 I am deeply disturbed by USA TODAY's editorial on entitlements, "You can't cut the deficit without touching benefits" (Our view, The federal budget debate, Monday). Entitlement implies a gift owed ...
Woman sentenced in Social Security fraud
Charleston Gazette (West Virginia), January 28, 2010, Thursday
 A Lincoln County woman was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to six months of home confinement for collecting Social Security benefits to which she was not entitled, the U.S. Attorney's Office announ...
January 27, 2010
Teachers' hard lesson in changing careers; SOCIAL SECURITY; Pricey penalty for mixing private, public jobs
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), January 27, 2010 Wednesday
 Darleen Young always wanted to be a teacher, but the field was glutted when she graduated from college, so she became a social worker for Kaiser. But after she was widowed 11 years ago, the Albany res...
January 26, 2010
Make them pay it back
Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine), January 26, 2010 Tuesday
 I'm so angry! Why is nothing being done about the greedy politicians who took money out of Social Security? Are they going to be allowed to get away with that? What is this teaching our young people? ...
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