social security

Social Security recipients to get 3.6 percent COLA (AP)

Ytop stories  Wed, 10/19/2011 - 6:43am

AP - Some 55 million Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent increase in benefits next year, their first raise since 2009, the government announced Wednesday.



 

Rick Perry not as "Fed Up" as you may have thought [Politics]

Austinist  Mon, 08/22/2011 - 3:56pm

Perry vs. Perry: Candidate Perry is having to tap dance around some of Governor Perry's more provocative statements regarding Social Security and other entitlement programs.



 

Social Security fund now seen to be empty by 2037 (AP)

Ytop stories  Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:33pm

AP - Sick and getting sicker, Social Security will run at a deficit this year and keep on running in the red until its trust funds are drained by about 2037, congressional budget experts said Wednesday in bleaker-than-previous estimates.



 

Social Security now seen to run permanent deficits (AP)

Ytop stories  Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:06pm

AP - Sick and getting sicker, Social Security will run at a deficit this year and keep on running in the red until its trust funds are drained by about 2037, congressional budget experts said Wednesday in bleaker-than-previous estimates.