Senior citizens brace for Social Security freeze
Matt Sedensky Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Seniors prepared to cut back on everything from food to charitable donations to whiskey as word…
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Gov’t: No call for Social Security increase in 2011
Stephen Chlemacher Associated Press WASHINGTON – As if voters don’t have enough to be angry about this election year, the government is expected to announce…
The Illusion of Pension Savings
Mary Williams Walsh NY Times Earlier this year, Illinois said it had found a way to save billions of dollars. It would slash the pensions…
Work Until You’re Dead? That May Be the Only Option for Many Americans
Jane White Huffington Post Many Americans are likely to have to work until they are dead, not as a result of Social Security shortfalls but…
Social Security: The futile fight for what’s been promised
Bill Bonner Christian Science Monitor No discussion of the upcoming collapse of the bond market would be complete without a mention of Social Security. At…
Cuts in Social Security Weighed by Panel
Laura Meckler Wall Street Journal A White House-created commission is considering proposals to raise the retirement age and take other steps to shore up the…
What a Collapsing Empire Looks Like
Glenn Greenwald Salon As we enter our ninth year of the War in Afghanistan with an escalated force, and continue to occupy Iraq indefinitely, and…
Social Security in the red this year
Stephen Dinan The Washington Times Social Security will pay out more this year than it gets in payroll taxes, marking the first time since the…
Ex-Goldman Sachs Hack, TARP Guru, Wants Your Social Security
Jason Linkins Huffington Post Remember Neel Kashkari? Back during the financial crisis, Kashkari sat at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Stability, where he was…
Retirement Nightmare: Half of Americans Have Less Than $2000 Saved
Scott Thill Alternet With declining earnings and a culture of borrow-and-consume, America’s workers face a future of uncertainty and little money to pay for their…
10 Ways You’re Being Fleeced by Banks
Activist Post Taxpayers are rightfully angrier than ever before about the state of the U.S. economy and the government’s handling of the financial crisis; perhaps…
IMF is Coming for Your Social Security
Dean Baker TruthOut A few years back, there was a fear in some parts about black UN helicopters that were supposedly taking part in the…