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How ‘Chained’ CPI for Social Security Calculations Robs Retirees
The proposed 'chained' inflation index would cut Social Security increases even though a realistic index of elder inflation would push benefits higher. Can we...
Jacob and Sophia Top Baby Names for 2012
Both names have been trending for years.
The Made-Up Numbers Dominating the Immigration Debate
The Heritage Foundation made a splash early this week with a report predicting that the current immigration reform bill being debated in the Senate would cost...
Reform Social Security Disability
Back during the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney tried to make the argument that President Obama was soft on welfare reform. He missed the target. Welfare...
President Obama Brushes Back His Activist Left
Obama looks to find common ground with Republicans on the Keystone XL pipeline and on Social Security.
Official: Obama Proposes Cuts to Social Security
(WASHINGTON) -- President Barack Obama is proposing cuts to Social Security as an attempt to compromise with Republicans on the budget. A senior administration...
Obama Sending Long-Awaited 2014 Budget to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday is sending Congress his 2014 budget, an effort to achieve an elusive "grand bargain" to tame runaway...
Obama Sends Congress $3.8 Trillion Spending Plan
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits...
FLOTUS and Biden are Latest to Have Private Info Leaked Online
(LOS ANGELES) — The first lady and the vice president are among the latest public figures to have their private information posted on a mysterious website, and...
Why the Fiscal Cliff Deal Should Have Included Social Security
Social Security may not add to the deficit, but it does add to the national debt. Fortunately, it's easy to fix this.
Chained CPI: Is Changing the Government Inflation Formula the Secret to a Deficit Deal?
Washington is full of speculation this week as Democrats and Republicans examine different ways to cut spending, raise revenue and reform entitlements to avert...
Social Security Now Takes More Than it Gives
In many ways, Social Security is an undervalued asset. Spouses benefit even if they never worked for pay. Kids benefit if a parent dies. The disabled get paid...
Retirees Taking Early Social Security Benefits Hits 35-Year Low
Retirement-minded Americans are getting the message: it pays to delay triggering Social Security benefits. That was one of the chief findings of a GAO study last...
New From Social Security: Find Benefits Information Online
Social Security accounts for nearly a third of monthly income for the average retiree, according to a BlackRock retirement survey. For many, the benefit is their...
Voters Beware: What the Obama Campaign Doesn’t Tell Julia
The Obama campaign came out with a nifty, interactive online graphic Thursday that guides America through the life of Julia, a hypothetical young web designer...
Retiring Abroad Is More Hype Than Reality
For years we’ve been hearing about the advantages of retiring abroad: low taxes, low cost of living, great climate and exciting cultural attractions. It’s all...
Who Is a Child? The Supreme Court Decides
When is a child not a child? That’s a question the U.S. Supreme Court was confronted with on Monday, as justices grappled with the increasingly unconventional...
The Truth Behind Rick Perry’s Lie About Social Security
In his presidential bid, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, even though he surely knows better. His campaign is now spending a lot...
Perry’s Social Security Positioning, Cont’d
With Social Security sure to come up again at Monday night’s Republican presidential debate, Rick Perry set the stage with an op-ed in USA Today that, er,...
Social Security: Picture of a Ponzi Scheme or Not?
In 2008, I found myself in the Crystal City office of Doug Holtz-Eakin, the top economic adviser to Republican presidential nominee John McCain. When talk turned...
