Social Security

National Debt Time Bomb (Opinion)
National Debt Time Bomb (Opinion)
National Debt Time Bomb (Opinion)
We’ve had a running discussion on Top Story about the size of the national debt.  Officially, it’s just below 20 trillion dollars.  One billion is 1,000 million.  One trillion is one thousand billion.  Times that by twenty!  Some even warn the 20 trillion dollar figure is wrong, and because of unfunded liabilities (pensions and health benefits for government retirees), the number could be many tim
SS Payments Will Not be Very Big
SS Payments Will Not be Very Big
SS Payments Will Not be Very Big
WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the pay raise will be between 1 percent and 2 percent, which will be among the lowest since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975 The raise will be made official Tuesday, when the government releases inflation figures for September...