http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/social-security Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-kingson/alan-simpson-social-security_b_1546376.html 2012-05-29T18:59:46Z 2012-05-29T19:33:56Z Eric Kingson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-kingson/ Mr. Simpson is free to express his point of view, but his hateful rhetoric should not be given a pass and continued platform. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/erskine-bowles">Erskine Bowles</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson">Alan Simpson</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson-social-security">Alan Simpson Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson-310-million-tits">Alan Simpson 310 Million Tits</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson-310-million-tits">Alan-Simpson-310-Million-Tits</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/28/paul-krugman-big-fiscal-phonies_n_1549709.html 2012-05-28T00:28:27Z 2012-05-28T00:28:43Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Quick quiz: What’s a good five-letter description of Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, that ends in “y”?... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chris-christie">Chris Christie</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/food-stamps">Food Stamps</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-krugman">Paul Krugman</a>, <a href="/tag/medicaid">Medicaid</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/morning-joe-alan-simpson_n_1543959.html 2012-05-24T17:35:00Z 2012-05-24T17:35:25Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The Morning Joe crew got very excited today, because -- as you may already know -- former Sen. Alan Simpson (one of the titular heads of that whole ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/eat-the-press">Eat the Press</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/simpson-bowles-commission">Simpson Bowles Commission</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/morning-joe">Morning Joe</a>, <a href="/tag/media-criticism">Media Criticism</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson">Alan Simpson</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/alan-simpson-bowles_n_1539606.html 2012-05-23T12:53:03Z 2012-05-23T12:57:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Former Sen. Alan Simpson is not happy with the California Alliance for Retired Americans. <br /> <br /> In an April letter full of bad language, the pugnacious ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/alliance-for-retired-americans">Alliance for Retired Americans</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson-letter">Alan Simpson Letter</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/california-alliance-for-retired-americans">California Alliance for Retired Americans</a>, <a href="/tag/simpson-bowles">Simpson-Bowles</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-reduction">Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson">Alan Simpson</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/alan-simpson-social-security">Alan Simpson Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-green/intergenerational-equity-_b_1534118.html 2012-05-21T17:44:10Z 2012-05-21T18:46:41Z Brent Green http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-green/ To what extent are post-50 adults financially obligated to future generations? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/entitlement-programs">Entitlement Programs</a>, <a href="/tag/generation">Generation</a>, <a href="/tag/greenspan-commission">Greenspan Commission</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/david-walker">David Walker</a>, <a href="/tag/unfunded-liabilities">Unfunded Liabilities</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-boomers">Baby Boomers</a>, <a href="/tag/intergenerational-equity">Intergenerational Equity</a>, <a href="/tag/healthcare">Healthcare</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-koch/my-statement-of-support_b_1533739.html 2012-05-21T18:40:45Z 2012-05-21T18:40:31Z Ed Koch http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-koch/ The campaign for president -- to be decided in the election in November 2012 -- is going to be decided, most people believe, by the state of the economy and its impact on each of us as we enter the voting booth. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/medicaid">Medicaid</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/election-2012">Election 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-mitt-romney">Barack Obama Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/president-barack-obama">President Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/new-york">New York News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/supreme-court-deportation-wiretapping-translation-in-vitro-fertilization_n_1533280.html 2012-05-21T13:00:46Z 2012-05-21T13:00:23Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- With five weeks remaining in its term, the Supreme Court on Monday morning chipped away at its 20-plus cases yet to be decided by issuin... <p>Read more: <a 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launched the Medicare program, it made a pact with the American people that President Lyndon Johnson articulated (his statement) at th... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/affordable-care-act">Affordable Care Act</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/health-insurance-reform">Health Insurance Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care-quality">Health Care Quality</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care-reform">Health Care Reform</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-the-nerd-ferraro/rich-guy-discount-2012_b_1524375.html 2012-05-17T11:57:19Z 2012-05-17T15:58:25Z Joe The Nerd Ferraro http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-the-nerd-ferraro/ This is a pressure point that smart Democrats may want to exploit as there is talk about tax fairness and raising Social Security rates and retirement ages as we go into yet another election cycle. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/payroll-tax">Payroll Tax</a>, <a href="/tag/taxes">Taxes</a>, <a href="/tag/medicaid">Medicaid</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-banov-and-roger-ohlsen/reflections-on-the-earnes_b_1523281.html 2012-05-17T12:00:01Z 2012-05-17T13:46:18Z Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-banov-and-roger-ohlsen/ When you consider that the founding fathers of our country tried to provide us with the means for the actual separation between church and state, you ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/religious-beliefs">Religious Beliefs</a>, <a href="/tag/relationship">Relationship</a>, <a href="/tag/money">Money</a>, <a href="/tag/peace-of-mind">Peace of Mind</a>, <a href="/tag/pursuit-of-happiness">Pursuit of Happiness</a>, <a href="/tag/incentives">Incentives</a>, <a href="/tag/founding-fathers">Founding Fathers</a>, <a 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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON (AP) — When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney decried the "prairie fire" of U.S. debt Tuesday, he ignored some of the sparks th... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/george-bush">George Bush</a>, <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt-Romney-2012</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/economy">Economy</a>, <a href="/tag/spending">Spending</a>, <a href="/tag/great-recession">Great Recession</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-debt-inferno">Mitt Romney Debt Inferno</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/ap">Ap</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/peter-peterson-foundation-half-billion-social-security-cuts_n_1517805.html 2012-05-15T14:31:00Z 2012-05-15T14:31:07Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Peter Peterson, a Wall Street billionaire who has been calling for cuts to Social Security and other government programs for years, is h... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/taxes">Taxes</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/entitlements">Entitlements</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-cuts">Social Security Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-g-peterson-foundation">Peter G. Peterson Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/pete-peterson">Pete Peterson</a>, <a href="/tag/entitlement-reform">Entitlement Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/tom-brokaw">Tom Brokaw</a>, <a href="/tag/hedge-funds">Hedge Funds</a>, <a href="/tag/tim-geithner">Tim Geithner</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/david-walker">David Walker</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-peterson">Peter Peterson</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-benefits">Social Security Benefits</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-brown/social-security_b_1504039.html 2012-05-15T10:36:42Z 2012-05-15T10:36:09Z Ellen Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-brown/ U.S. taxpayers now pay nearly half a trillion dollars annually to finance our federal debt. By financing the debt itself rather than paying interest to private parties, the government could divert what it would have paid in interest into tuition, jobs, infrastructure and social services. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/federal-reserve">Federal Reserve</a>, <a href="/tag/quantitative-easing">Quantitative Easing</a>, <a href="/tag/public-banking">Public Banking</a>, <a href="/tag/bank-bailout">Bank Bailout</a>, <a href="/tag/usury">Usury</a>, <a href="/tag/free-tuition">Free Tuition</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/deficit-reduction-the-gre_b_1516543.html 2012-05-14T21:18:07Z 2012-05-14T21:18:07Z Dean Baker http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/ When we hear Erskine Bowles and his friends rant about the deficit this week, we should remember that once again they are distracting the public from the country's real problems. And this crew is at the center of those problems; it is not the solution. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-commission">Deficit Commission</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/erskine-bowles">Erskine Bowles</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-peterson">Peter Peterson</a>, <a href="/tag/budget">Budget</a>, <a href="/tag/simpson-bowles">Simpson-Bowles</a>, <a href="/tag/tax-cuts">Tax Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-reduction">Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-blum/defense-spending-budget-cuts_b_1503987.html 2012-05-10T13:10:44Z 2012-05-10T13:11:14Z Jeff Blum http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-blum/ The choice for most of us is clear. When asked, "What would you cut if you have to," Americans chose cuts in military spending over cuts in Social Security or Medicare -- three to one. But poll Congress and you get different answers. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/defense-spending">Defense Spending</a>, <a href="/tag/budget-cuts">Budget Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/defense-budget">Defense Budget</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/pentagon-budget">Pentagon Budget</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/curtis-roosevelt/fixing-gross-inequality-i_b_1502708.html 2012-05-09T20:33:22Z 2012-05-09T20:33:32Z Curtis Roosevelt http://www.huffingtonpost.com/curtis-roosevelt/ Democrats are again in an excellent position to take a risk like FDR took with the New Deal. They might give themselves some identity other than that of modest centrists, constantly worried about offending one constituency or another. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/banking-crisis">Banking Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/fdr">Fdr</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-socialist">Obama Socialist</a>, <a href="/tag/new-deal">New Deal</a>, <a href="/tag/income-inequality">Income Inequality</a>, <a href="/tag/socialism">Socialism</a>, <a href="/tag/franklin-roosevelt">Franklin Roosevelt</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-griego/paul-ryan-budget-_b_1477853.html 2012-05-09T18:45:08Z 2012-05-09T19:48:16Z Eric Griego http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-griego/ Paul Ryan's budget -- which the House passed -- proposed drastic cuts to two programs that can literally mean life and death for America's most vulnerable citizens -- Social Security and Medicare. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/elections">Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/budget-debate">Budget Debate</a>, <a href="/tag/republican-budget-plan">Republican Budget Plan</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-cap">Deficit Cap</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan-budget">Paul Ryan Budget</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan-budget-proposal">Paul Ryan Budget Proposal</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan-budget-cuts">Paul Ryan Budget Cuts</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harlan-green/economic-recovery_b_1499739.html 2012-05-09T10:41:55Z 2012-05-09T10:42:26Z Harlan Green http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harlan-green/ Improving their health care system is the first step taken by underdeveloped countries on their path to entering the modern world, while U.S. conservatives seem bent on returning the U.S. to a less-developed status to enhance their already wealthy supporters. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/confidence-fairies">Confidence Fairies</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-krugman">Paul Krugman</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans">Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/grover-norquist">Grover Norquist</a>, <a href="/tag/stimulus-spending">Stimulus Spending</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care">Health Care</a>, <a href="/tag/economic-recovery">Economic Recovery</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-alderman/for-mothers-day-discuss-m_b_1501714.html 2012-05-09T09:42:21Z 2012-05-09T09:42:13Z Jason Alderman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-alderman/ I'm not trying to bring everyone down, but rather to suggest that perhaps your best Mother's Day gift this year might be to initiate a frank discussion with your mom about her personal finances and how she can better prepare for the future <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement-savings">Retirement Savings</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement-calculators">Retirement Calculators</a>, <a href="/tag/pensions">Pensions</a>, <a href="/tag/survivor-benefits">Survivor Benefits</a>, <a href="/tag/womens-retirement">Women&#039;s Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement">Retirement</a>, <a href="/money">Money News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/video_n_1499586.html 2012-05-09T09:38:00Z 2012-05-09T09:39:03Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The financial jargon and parade of rules and exceptions associated with Social Security can prevent Americans from fully utilizing their benefits. To ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/baby-boomer">Baby Boomer</a>, <a href="/tag/aarp-social-security">Aarp Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/pension">Pension</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/401k">401k</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement">Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-for-dummies">Social Security for Dummies</a>, <a href="/tag/aarp">Aarp</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement-calculator">Retirement Calculator</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-benefits">Social Security Benefits</a>, <a href="/tag/jonathan-peterson">Jonathan Peterson</a>, <a href="/tag/ira">Ira</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/nancy-pelosi-russ-feingold_n_1501176.html 2012-05-08T17:56:00Z 2012-05-08T17:57:40Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Leading members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are coming to the defense of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/russ-feingold">Russ Feingold</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/simpson-bowles">Simpson-Bowles</a>, <a href="/tag/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/tag/medicaid-cuts">Medicaid Cuts</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/ron-barber-arizona-social-security-medicare-gabrielle-giffords_n_1497570.html 2012-05-07T16:00:45Z 2012-05-07T16:06:59Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The race to succeed Gabrielle Giffords in Congress has turned into a localized debate over the future of Social Security and Medicare. <br /> <br /> Ron Barber,... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/ron-barber">Ron Barber</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/matt-heinz">Matt Heinz</a>, <a href="/tag/philip-rotundi">Philip Rotundi</a>, <a href="/tag/ron-barber-gabrielle-giffords">Ron-Barber-Gabrielle-Giffords</a>, <a href="/tag/national-committee-to-preserve-social-security-and-medicare">National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona-politics">Arizona Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/jesse-kelly">Jesse Kelly</a>, <a href="/tag/special-elections">Special Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan-budget">Paul Ryan Budget</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/health-care-costs-older-wealthier-americans_n_1495827.html 2012-05-07T11:35:37Z 2012-05-07T11:35:21Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Health care costs have even the wealthy worried.<br /> <br /> According to a new survey commissioned by Nationwide Financial and conducted by Harris Interactive... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/senior-citizens">Senior Citizens</a>, <a href="/tag/money">Money</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care-costs">Health Care Costs</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement">Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/nursing-homes">Nursing Homes</a>, <a href="/tag/long-term-care">Long-Term Care</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care">Health Care</a>, <a href="/tag/healthcare">Healthcare</a>, <a href="/tag/healthcare-costs">Healthcare Costs</a>, <a href="/money">Money News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/man-who-dressed-as-dead-m_n_1476110.html 2012-05-03T18:52:00Z 2012-05-03T18:52:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ (Repeats story from Thursday with no change to text) NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - A man who impersonated his dead mother as part of a r... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-security-checks">Social Security Checks</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-crime">New York Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/brooklyn-supreme-court">Brooklyn Supreme Court</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/thomas-parkin">Thomas Parkin</a>, <a href="/tag/larceny">Larceny</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/tag/morris-shamuil">Morris Shamuil</a>, <a href="/tag/norman-bates-fan">Norman Bates Fan</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-crime">Social Security Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/thomas-prusik-parkin">Thomas Prusik Parkin</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york">New York</a>, <a href="/crime">Crime News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/social-security-disability_n_1474621.html 2012-05-03T12:12:26Z 2012-05-03T13:07:14Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ More than 1.6 million Americans have signed up for Social Security disability benefits since the recession, taking themselves out of the work force --... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/labor-force">Labor Force</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment">Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/economics">Economics</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-disability">Social Security Disability</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment-rate">Unemployment Rate</a>, <a href="/tag/employment">Employment</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment-benefits">Unemployment Benefits</a>, <a href="/tag/labor-force-participation">Labor Force Participation</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-disability-claims">Social Security Disability Claims</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p>