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August 30, 2011

Moved to Canada? Take Social Security, eh!If you worked in

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Moved to Canada? Take Social Security, eh!
If you worked in the U.S. but live in Canada, you and your spouse can draw Social Security.

Moved to Canada? Take Social Security, too
If you worked in the U.S. but live in Canada, you and your spouse can draw Social Security.

Social Security Taxes Going Up, Benefits Going Down
It seems so cliche , you can almost imagine this is from another one of those emails that suspiciously indicts one political party over another, with vague details and the like, ending with a call to action of If you're a good American citizen, you'll send this to 20 people on your list, don t break the chain! .This isn t one of those - these are real facts about how taxes are going up for ...

August 27, 2011

Perry calls Social Security 'monstrous lie'share: digg facebook twitter Riding

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Perry calls Social Security 'monstrous lie'
share: digg facebook twitter Riding high in the polls, Gov. Rick Perry rode into Iowa Saturday with tough talk on President Obama, the economy and foreign policy and a declaration that Social Security is not only a Ponzi scheme but a "monstrous lie" for younger people.

Social Security disability program faces grim future
Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims.

Lincoln woman found guilty of social security fraud
LINCOLN - United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that a federal jury in Lincoln convicted Marcella Scharton on Wednesday of three felony counts related to Social Security fraud.

August 24, 2011

Social Security: Students must complete forms to retain benefitsSocial Security:

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Social Security: Students must complete forms to retain benefits
Social Security: Students must complete forms to retain benefits

Why You Shouldn't Abandon Social Security
Young people have a lot to gain by paying into the system.

National Social Security Fund set up
The National Social Security Fund for unorganized sector workers has been constituted, Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge said Wednesday.

August 21, 2011

Flood of claims sinking disability programSocial Security disability fund could

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Flood of claims sinking disability program
Social Security disability fund could run dry by 2017.

Social Security disability program is on the brink of insolvency
New estimates say SSD trust fund will run dry by 2017.

Disability claims rise threatens solvency
Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency. Applications are up nearly 50 percent from a decade ago as people with disabilities lose their jobs and can't find new ones in an economy ...

August 18, 2011

Social Security: Former spouses can draw benefitsMs. S asks: "Is

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Social Security: Former spouses can draw benefits
Ms. S asks: "Is an ex-wife, age 71, allowed to draw Social Security from her former spouse, or is this available only after he is deceased?"

Social Security mistakenly reports thousands of deaths
More Americans are being erroneously killed off by the Social Security Administration every day.

Perry Is Suddenly Less Fed Up Over Social Security
Texas Gov. Rick Perry used to be pretty frank when it came to the country's Social Security system. In his fiery anti-Washington book, "Fed Up!", published last fall when he had no plans to run for president, Mr. Perry called the program "a crumbling monument to the failure of the New Deal." But since jumping into the 2012 GOP nomination race on Saturday, Mr. Perry has tempered his views.

August 15, 2011

Dean Baker: The S&P Downgrade Market Plunge MythThe Wall Street

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Dean Baker: The S&P Downgrade Market Plunge Myth
The Wall Street crew that wants to cut your Social Security and Medicare benefits are sensing that victory is in sight. They have managed to...

2 sisters in Ky. fight for Social Security number
For more than two decades, a pair of sisters in rural Kentucky have lived without Social Security numbers, doing odd jobs like bartending and making jewelry to earn cash under the table.

August 12, 2011

Bachmann Would Cut Social Security, MedicareRepresentative Michele Bachmann said she

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Bachmann Would Cut Social Security, Medicare
Representative Michele Bachmann said she would cut Social Security and Medicare benefits for all but current recipients as part of a broader effort to reduce the federal deficit.

Social Security and You: Spousal benefits
share: digg facebook twitter When a worker files for retirement benefits, the worker's spouse may be eligible for a benefit based on the worker's earnings. If a spouse is eligible for a retirement benefit based on his or her own earnings, and if that benefit is higher than the spousal benefit, then we pay the retirement benefit. [...] if the worker's primary insurance amount is $1,600 and the ...

Area social security offices closing early to save money
Social Security offices in Elkhart, Michigan City, and South Bend will be closing at 3:30pm starting Monday, August 15. The offices will still open at 9:00am, but close 30 minutes earlier. The early

August 09, 2011

Social Security Q&ARISMEDIA, August 10, 2011 This column, prepared by the

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Social Security Q&A
RISMEDIA, August 10, 2011 This column, prepared by the Social Security Administration, answers some of the most common social security questions. Q: How can I estimate my retirement benefit at several different ages? A: It s easy! You can use

How to retire on Social Security alone
Well, sure it's easier to stop working if you have a pension and a fat 401k, but millions of us don't. Here are 6 ways to stretch those checks.

August 06, 2011

A Social Security Calculator That Helps Hedge Your BetsA new

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A Social Security Calculator That Helps Hedge Your Bets
A new Social Security calculator tells you the best time to collect your benefits, but also takes into account that you may live longer than you think.

Social Security Numbers: Sisters Sue to Get Theirs From U.S. Government
Two sisters in Kentucky do not have Social Security Numbers, and they have to sue to even prove that they do, in fact, exist. The reason they do not have their identification numbers is because they were . . .

Social Security offices reducing hours
The agency said that the reduction in hours is needed after Congress cut nearly $1 billion from the agency's budget.

August 03, 2011

Social Security, Medicare Dodge Bullet, But Cuts LoomSocial Security and

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Social Security, Medicare Dodge Bullet, But Cuts Loom
Social Security and Medicare dodged a bullet in the debt ceiling battle, but beneficiaries still have plenty to fear from the next phase of the deficit reduction war.

Austin's source for local news
After sweating it out because of a debt ceiling showdown in Washington, the U.S. Social Security office will send August payments on time.

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