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Social Security Demand Shows Huge Increase Due To Recession

bloomberg.com | Jonathan D. Salant | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security Administration, Barak Obama, Social Security, Retirement, George W. Bush, Lawrence Summers, Business News

Applications for Social Security benefits rose almost 50 percent more than expected this year because of the recession, according to the federal retir...

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Social Security: The Red Ink Starts Next Year

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security Administration, Social Security, Congressional Budget Office, Social Security Trust Fund, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

In case there was any doubt that Social Security won't be able to keep the promises it's making to anyone younger than, say, 55, the CBO now projects that Social Security will start operating at a deficit next year.

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Stimulus Checks Mistakenly Sent To 1,700 Inmates

foxnews.com | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security Administration, Inmates, Stimulus Checks, Business News

The federal government mistakenly sent out stimulus checks to 1,700 inmates, the Social Security Administration said Tuesday -- a $425,000 error. ...

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Creditors Use Social Security, Disability Benefits Loophole

wsj.com | ELLEN E. SCHULTZ | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security Administration, Creditors, Social Security, Consumer Credit, Disabilty Benefits, Disability, Business News

A bipartisan group of legislators is pressing the Treasury Department to close a loophole that has allowed banks to seize Social Security and disabili...

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Stimulus for the Dead

ProPublica | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Security Administration, Stimulus, Stimulus Checks, Stimulus Checks for the Dead, Social Security, Politics News
ProPublica

It's only fair to expect the odd clerical error amid the frantic rush to infuse the economy with cash. But assuming that only living Americans will have their wallets fattened seems like a reasonable expectation.

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USA Today Needs to Check Its Facts: The Priority is the Economy

Kety Esquivel | Posted 04.11.2009 | Home

Read More: U.S. Economy, Fact Check, Accurate Verification, Social Security Administration, Economy, Jobs, Business Groups, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Immigrant Advocacy Groups, Department of Homeland Security, u.s. Economy Problems, E-Verify, USA Today, Unemployment, Media Matters, Congressional Budget Office, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), Undocumented Workers, Immigration Policy Center (IPC), Home News
Kety Esquivel

Catherine Singley, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Earlier this week, our friends at the Immigration...

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Top 5 Reasons You Won't Be Able To Vote

Allison Fine | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Election Assistance Commission, Social Security Administration, Voter Registration, Election Day, Home News
Allison Fine

Reason Number 3: Millions of names will be struck from voter registration roles in advance of the November 4th election. If your name is struck in error you won't know until you show up at the polls - and it's too late to change it.

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Unequal Access to Justice

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, H.R. 5833, Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, DeFazio Amendment, Social Security Administration, Eaja, Social Security Disability Claims, Politics News
Ivan Katz

A recent nasty, mean-spirited action by the Bush administration ought to induce outrage. Problem is, it is hard to be outraged when you are sleeping.

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Social Security Choking On Paperwork From Insurance Companies

New York Times | MARY WILLIAMS WALSH | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Security System, Social Security, Insurance Companies, Social Security Administration, Business News

The Social Security system is choking on paperwork and spending millions of dollars a year screening dubious applications for disability benefits, acc...

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Social Security Admin Leaves Claimants Waiting For Years

New York Times | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Bankruptcy, Social Security Administration, Social Security Disability Claims, Business News

Steadily lengthening delays in the resolution of Social Security disability claims have left hundreds of thousands of people in a kind of purgatory, n...

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