Social Security Retirement Benefits News
- Many Texans watching debt ceiling debate with anxiety Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:23PMSocial Security, Medicaid and Medicare changes would affect millions of Texans, advocates say.
- Judge Daugherty retires amid investigation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:06PMHUNTINGTON -- David B. Daugherty, a longtime state and federal judge, has retired from his post as an administrative law judge, said Social Security spokesman Mark Hinkle.
- Va. Senator Mark Warner in push for bipartisan plan to cut deficit Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:50PMWASHINGTON — The bipartisan “Gang of Six” senators on Tuesday offered a major plan to cut the deficit by almost $4 trillion over the coming decade, but whether it can break through the budget debate will depend on whether Republican lawmakers can find a way to endorse well over $1 trillion in new tax revenues reaped as Congress overhauls the loophole-choked U.S. tax code.
- 6 Senators, Including Conrad, Push Bipartisan Plan to Cut Deficit Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:53PMThe bipartisan "Gang of Six" senators on Tuesday offered a major plan to cut the deficit by almost $4 trillion over the coming decade.
- AARP founder had an eager audience in St. Petersburg Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:48PMBy Jerry Blizin, Times Correspondent Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Ethel Percy Andrus, third from left, attends the grand opening of the AARP/NRTA office and pharmacy in St. Petersburg in 1960. AARP and the NRTA used members’ collective purchasing power to buy prescription drugs in bulk and sell them at a discount. As a St. Petersburg Times reporter from 1948 to 1965, Jerry Blizin covered some of ...
- 6 senators push bipartisan plan to cut deficit Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:44PMThe bipartisan "Gang of Six" senators on Tuesday offered a major plan to cut the deficit by almost $4 trillion over the coming decade, but whether it can break through the budget debate will depend on whether Republican lawmakers can find a way to endorse well over $1 trillion in new tax revenues reaped as Congress overhauls the loophole-choked U.S. tax code.
- Saving Social Security: Everyone pays something Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:03PMSeattle Times editorial columnist Bruce Ramsey opines on the future of Social Security and the urge to make someone else pay for its deficits.
- Tom Coburn Proposes Cutting $2 Trillion From Social Security, Medicare In New Budget Plan Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:51PMU.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) revealed Monday a plan his plan for $9 trillion in federal spending cuts over the next ten years, slashing budgets for everything from defense spending to Medicare. The plan, reported CBS News, would cut $974.1 billion from the general government, and more from Congress and the president. ...
- In Israel, compared with Palestine Transnistria, Moldova, Bessarabia, likened himself: Israel Today Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:43PMLebanon complained to the UN in connection with the conclusion between Israel and Cyprus, the agreement on exclusive economic zone and maritime boundary demarcation. Israel and Cyprus have agreed to jointly develop natural resources, including gas fields.
- Many public employees contribute to pension plans Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:24PMRe Florida TaxWatch President Dominic Calabro’s July 7 Other Views article, What’s next for Florida pension reform: Some statements in the column implied that public workers have, for the first time, been forced to contribute to their pensions.
- Social Security, Medicare issues bring out crowds Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:22PMMUSCATINE, Iowa — When President Barack Obama said this week that he couldn’t guarantee Social Security checks will go out Aug. 3 if the nation’s debt ceiling isn’t lifted by the Aug. 2 deadline, it guaranteed at least one thing.
- Are Annuities Part of Your Retirement Toolkit? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:00AMUsers enthuse about the prospect of guaranteed income, but some are skeptical.
- Tough choices ahead as debt crisis looms Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:32AMSocial Security, Medicare, other federal payments: Treasury mulls where to make cuts.
- Economic outlook grim if no debt deal reached Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:10AMWASHINGTON — Horror stories are flying about the damage that might be wreaked should Congress and President Barack Obama fail to cut a deal by the Aug. 2 deadline to increase America’s borrowing limit. Nearly every American is in harm’s way, either directly or indirectly.
- Stakes high in debt talks for moderate GOP senators Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:13AMFor moderate Republican senators such as Scott Brown of Massachusetts and Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, the debt default stakes could be particularly high.
- Obama will force Jews to support him once again that Israel today Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:27AMPresident Barack Obama plans to toughen its stance against those who criticize his statements regarding Israel’s policies, the newspaper reported Washington Post. The U.S. administration has assembled a task force composed of prominent Jewish leaders and advisers.
- Social Security seminars offered Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:56AMPoughkeepsie HVFCU Financial Services at Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union will conduct seminars on understanding and maximizing Social Security benefits.
- Business digest Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:31AMWho Let the Dogs Out? Warwick Applewood Winery will host the seventh annual Who Let the Dogs Out? fund raiser for the Warwick Valley Humane Society on Saturday, July 16, beginning at 11 a.m.
- Talk of Social Security on hold âscaring a lot of older folksâ Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:11PMBy Mark Wineka mwineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As he finished his spaghetti at the “Lunch and More” meal site Friday at John Calvin Presbyterian Church, 76-year-old Philip Kepley griped that leaders in Washington ...
- Additional news "Business, Finance" Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:57PMToday, 14 July, the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia was signed by the Estonian-Russian agreement on cooperation in the field of pension insurance.
