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Government: No Increase for Social Security Next Year

WASHINGTON (Oct. 15) -- The government says there will be no increase in Social Security benefits next year, the second year in a row without an increase for more than 58 million retirees and disabled Americans. The Social Security Administration said Friday that inflation has been too low since the last increase in 2009...

Contrary to Politico, Social Security Benefits Aren't Pegged to Growth

(Oct. 14) -- Social Security turned 75 this year. How's it doing these days? On Wednesday, Politico's Simmi Aujla reported on some gloomy news regarding the federal benefits program. He wrote, "On Friday, Social Security recipients will learn that they won't receive higher benefits for the second year in a row because the...

No Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment in 2011

WASHINGTON (Oct. 10) -- As if voters don't have enough to be angry about this election year, the government is expected to announce this week that more than 58 million Social Security recipients will go through another year without an increase in their monthly benefits. It would mark only the second year without an...

72,000 Stimulus Payments Went to Dead People

WASHINGTON (Oct. 7) -- More than 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison, a government investigator says in a new report. The payments, which were part of last year's massive economic recovery package, were meant to increase consumer spending to help stimulate the...

FBI Launches Largest Cop Corruption Case Ever in Puerto Rico

(Oct. 6) -- The FBI launched what it calls the "largest police corruption case" in the history of the agency early this morning in Puerto Rico, arresting 129 people around the country -- most of whom were public servants ranging from police officers to municipal workers to U.S. Army soldiers. The defendants face drug...

Background on Social Security Administration

The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.

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