As usual, the first hint of a looming financial crisis resurrected the sudden need to get rid of Social Security.
Los Angeles Times | Mike Dorning | Posted 06.24.2009 | Home
Reporting from Washington -- Instead of seeing older workers staying on the job longer as the economy has worsened, the Social Security system is repo...
Newsweek | Robert J. Samuelson | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
When the trustees of Social Security and Medicare recently reported on the economic outlook for these programs, the news coverage was universally glum...
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
Obama has the opportunity today, to stand up for equal rights by refusing to argue Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality in court.
ProPublica | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than pre...
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living
Individuality emerged as a project -- starting with naming -- of creating an identity for children.
The Media Consortium | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
The Ramirez murder is, like the H1N1 flu, another opportunity to examine what protections are in place to guard human health and life.
Jim Jaffe | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Americans are saving more, which could reduce their dependence on Social Security when they do retire and make proposed reforms less painful.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
Senator Arlen Specter offered the clearest pitch yet for his reelection candidacy in the Pennsylvania primary, arguing that he was the last and perhap...
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 04.22.2009 | Living
Watching Bill Maher last week, I was arrested by his suggestion that those who qualify for Social Security and are well-off should not collect their g...
Beth Shulman | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business
Unless we bolster Social Security and fix the private system for helping Americans save for retirement, workers of today face a very dark financial future in what used to be called the golden years.
Michael Pento | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business
We all should be painfully aware by now that there is nothing held inside the Social Security and Medicare trust funds but a bunch of IOUs. But the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund as well?
Barbara B. Kennelly | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
While combining Social Security and Medicare programs under the "entitlement" umbrella helps create a sense of crisis, this approach offers nothing meaningful toward finding real policy solutions. The move in Congress to create an "entitlement" commission, suffers from the same flawed premise of a one-size-fits-all approach.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
The GOP liked a lot of what it heard in President Obama's address Tuesday night about deficit reduction and personal responsibility. But Republicans ...
Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
A highlight of Tuesday's hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was a 27-second exchange with Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking C...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Urging strict future restraint even as current spending soars, President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to dramatically slash the s...
New York Times | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
President Obama is eager to seek a bipartisan solution to ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security, people who have spoken with him say, but h...
Russ Wellen | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
It's folly to give Republicans credit for anything. The lack of rhyme in their response to the stimulus suggests that at this point they stand for nothing more than sheer nihilism.
Dean Baker | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business
President Obama would be advised to focus his attention on getting the economy back in order instead of attacking the country's most important social program.
Barbara B. Kennelly | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
Social Security and Medicare did not bring us to this economic precipice or turn our budget surplus into record debt in just eight years, and should not be used as scapegoats.
Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
Does the Republican ploy to provide 4% home mortgages to boost the economy sound too good to be true? It is. Buyer Beware!
Christopher Ingram | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama is our new president calling for change, but nothing has changed other than Washington politicians leaving nothing but change in the pockets of our children.
Tim Giago | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Andy Torress was denied disability pension by the VA, but when he took his medical records to the Social Security Administration, they approved him for 100 percent disability.
Mark Miller | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
There are no easy fixes for Social Security or Medicare, but Obama plans to tackle entitlement reform head-on to get the government's financial house in order.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics