On Social Security’s 83rd Anniversary, Program’s Future Depends on November Elections
Ida May Fuller (pictured here in 1950) received the country's first Social Security check in 1940 Eighty three years ago
Social Security Injects Billions into the Economy, Data Shows
As we approach Social Security’s 83rd anniversary this mid-term election year, what better time to remind candidates for House and Senate
House Subcommittee Scrutinizes New Trump Order Affecting Social Security Disability Applicants
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security heard testimony today about the Trump administration’s new executive order affecting the selection
Trump Executive Order Will Hurt Social Security Disability Claimants
The past week’s news proves that if the Trump administration isn’t able to undermine Americans’ earned benefits in one way, it
Sen. Rubio’s Paid Leave Plan Undermines Social Security
Senator Marco Rubio’s proposal to fund paid family leave by cutting participants’ future Social Security benefits is nothing less than a
Want Real Fiscal Stimulus? Strengthen Social Security and Roll Back Trump/GOP Tax Scam
The political right has predictably pounced on the recently-released Social Security Trustees report to call for “entitlement reform” – code for
House Budget Proposal Makes GOP Priorities Painfully Clear
The ironically titled 2019 House Republican budget, “A Brighter American Future,” may brighten the spirits of the GOP’s rich and
Misleading Media Headlines on Social Security & Medicare Finances
Reading the headlines from earlier this week, one would think that Social Security and Medicare were on
No Cause for Alarm from Social Security Trustees Report
The 2018 Social Security Trustees Report confirms that the program’s trust fund is still very much intact, with $2.89 trillion in assets
Banking Industry Wins; Working and Retired Americans Lose
The majority in the House of Representatives just betrayed working Americans by passing reckless banking legislation known as the Economic Growth, Regulatory