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Opinion: America's Unquenchable Defense Spending

(July 20) -- If there's one issue that seems to unite an increasingly divided and fractured capital, it is the ever-expanding federal budget deficit. Everyone seems wants to curb Washington's appetite for spending. Except one area of the federal budget is seemingly off limits: the $692 billion elephant in the room --...

Opinion: Is the Debt Commission Serious?

(April 27) -- Before President Barack Obama's debt commission officially met for the first time today, he told the members that "everything has to be on the table" when it comes to reducing the nation's gargantuan debt. Presumably, that would include Obama's own budget. After all, his budget plan, released earlier this...

Opinion: Putting the Security Back in Social Security

(April 27) -- Social Security needs fixing, most analysts agree, but supposedly we had a few more years to work out the details. Now the crisis is upon us. This year, Social Security will pay out more in benefits than it collects in employer and employee contributions, but the problems don't stop there. If the economy...

Opinion: A Modest Proposal for Anti-Government Crowd

(April 19) -- Anger with government is the theme on the right these days, with anguished cries by tea partiers, militia members and other government haters of "We're taking our country back." This is quite amusing, as it would be curious to find out: From whom do they think they are recapturing "their" country? And what...

Rep. Pelosi's Floor Speech Before the House Health Care Vote

(March 21) Below is the transcript of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's remarks before the House voted on health care reform. Thank you, my colleagues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank all of you for bringing us to this moment. It is with great humility and with great pride that we tonight...

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Wm. Scott Page: Sandwich Generation Headed for a Crumble

A recent Money Across Generations study further revealed why baby boomers and members of the so-called Sandwich Generation are in deep financial trouble.

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December Surprise? From Rubin to Pelosi, Wall Street & DC Dems Push Post-Election Austerity

On a recent Meet the Press face-off between Democrats and Republicans, a politician claimed we urgently need to cut government spending.

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Mitt Romney Is the Inequality Candidate

America is an unequal society , and our inequality is growing.

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How to Retire With the Same Income You Have Now

On May 1, the Social Security Administration replaced its physically mailed annual benefits statement with an online system at www.ssa.gov that provides you with the same information.

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Bob Cesca: The Truth About the President and the Deficit, Continued...

Karl Rove's new Crossroads GPS commercial against the president is laugh-out-loud awful.

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05/31/12 Louisiana lawmakers back revamp of pension Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal won his first significant victory Wednesday in his bid to revamp state retirement, when both the House and Senate agreed to create a new pension plan for future rank-and-file state workers.
05/31/12 Wm. Scott Page: Sandwich Generation Headed for a... Source: The Huffington Post A recent Money Across Generations study further revealed why baby boomers and members of the so-called Sandwich Generation are in deep financial trouble.
05/30/12 December Surprise? From Rubin to Pelosi, Wall Street &... Source: The Huffington Post On a recent Meet the Press face-off between Democrats and Republicans, a politician claimed we urgently need to cut government spending.
05/30/12 Mitt Romney Is the Inequality Candidate Source: The Huffington Post America is an unequal society , and our inequality is growing.
05/30/12 How to Retire With the Same Income You Have Now Source: DailyFinance (Mobile) On May 1, the Social Security Administration replaced its physically mailed annual benefits statement with an online system at www.ssa.gov that provides you with the same information.

Background on SocialSecurity

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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