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Obama: Debt ceiling fight threatens SS checks
January 14, 2013 12:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says Congress' failure to raise the government's borrowing authority would delay payments of benefits to veterans and Social Security recipients. He again warned that he will not negotiate on raising the debt ceiling, aiming to pin the burden of an unprecedented default on congressional... more » -
Expect tiny '13 Social Security benefit increase
October 14, 2012 12:33 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the pay raise will be between 1 percent and 2 percent, which will be among the lowest since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975 The raise will be made official Tuesday,... more » -
Don't wait for federal benefit checks in the mail
April 15, 2012 11:14 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits. The federal government issues 73 million payments a month, but is phasing out paper checks for all benefit programs. So beneficiaries will have... more » -
Social Security benefits to go up 3.6 percent
October 19, 2011 2:41 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security benefits will go up by 3.6 percent next year, the first increase since 2009 for the one in five Americans who rely on government retirement and disability programs. The higher benefits will provide relief to more than 60 million people, many who have seen... more » -
Rivals ask: Is Perry weak on the right, or left?
September 19, 2011 1:09 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rick Perry's Republican rivals are struggling to find a coherent, easy-to-grasp argument against the Texas governor and GOP front-runner. Republican voters who watched last week's presidential debate and its aftermath might wonder: Should I see Perry as too conservative or too moderate? Former Massachusetts Gov.... more » -
Rivals plan to press Perry on Social Security
September 12, 2011 7:03 PM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Republican presidential hopefuls plan to use a televised debate tonight to press frontrunner Rick Perry to justify his criticism of Social Security, which has dominated the contest in recent days. Perry, the Texas governor, partly explained his remarks in an op-ed article in USA Today.... more » -
Romney, Perry strongly differ on Social Security
September 10, 2011 11:57 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security has become a major divide in the contest between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. The votes of seniors - in aging Iowa, the retiree haven of Florida and elsewhere - could be at stake. Perry... more » -
Romney, Perry strongly differ on Social Security
September 9, 2011 5:00 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security has become a major divide in the contest between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. The votes of seniors - in aging Iowa, the retiree haven of Florida and elsewhere - could be at stake.... more » -
In debt drama, voters play key, if overlooked role
July 31, 2011 4:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dear voter: Want to know why Democrats and Republicans in Congress find it so hard to work together to solve tough problems like the debt ceiling, health care and Social Security? Look in the mirror. Americans gripe about cowardly, self-serving politicians, and Congress doubtlessly has... more » -
Social Security and Medicare situation gets worse
May 13, 2011 3:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security and Medicare aren't looking as healthy in their latest checkup. The government says the Medicare hospital insurance fund will now be exhausted in 2024 -- five years earlier than in last year's estimate. And the Social Security trust fund will be empty in 2036. That's... more » -
Social Security fund will be drained by 2037
January 27, 2011 2:03 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) Social Security's finances are getting worse as the economy struggles to recover and millions of baby boomers stand at the brink of retirement. New congressional projections show Social Security running deficits every year until its trust funds are eventually drained in about 2037. This year alone,... more » -
Colorado democrats trade barbs over Social Security
July 29, 2010 8:17 AM
Two Democrats competing for the Senate nomination are trading jabs over Social Security. Sen. Michael Bennet accused his challenger Wednesday of voting to privatize Social Security in a resolution while Andrew Romanoff was in the state House. Romanoff said that the 2004 resolution favored privatizing Social Security only if... more » -
President Obama wants social security 'fix'
February 19, 2010 3:47 PM
President Barack Obama says Social Security is slowly running out of money but that it can exist well into the future with a slight fix. The system is funded with a tax on earnings, up to $109,000 a year. Obama says lifting that cap to tax a larger share... more » -
Social Security benefits awarded to child conceived posthumously
December 2, 2009 10:43 AM
A federal judge has ruled that a girl born almost two years after her father died of leukemia is entitled to the man's Social Security benefits. A judge ruled that 6-year-old Brynn Beeler of Iowa can collect Social Security survivor benefits. The girl was conceived through in-vitro fertilization. The federal... more » -
Social Security makes it official: No COLA in 2010
October 15, 2009 8:49 AM
The Social Security Administration says there will be no cost of living increase next year for more than 50 million Social Security recipients, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975. Blame falling consumer prices. By law, the cost of living adjustments are pegged to... more » -
For many, economic recovery still feels far off
September 14, 2009 11:50 AM
Sally Ly feels like she did everything right. The 29-year-old went to college at University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., living frugally and using student loans that she figured would more than pay for themselves down the road. Two years ago, Ly decided to leave the private... more »
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