1. Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson sent an fiery letter filled with expletives to the California Alliance for Retired Americans for a flyer the group sent out slamming the Bowles-Simpson commission report for proposed cuts to Social Security as one way to deal with the long-term...
    ABC OTUS News via Yahoo! News - May 23 10:45am
  2. (Phys.org) -- Slashing government funding for Medicaid, food stamps and other programs that serve the poor – while politically popular with some lawmakers and many conservatives – may do more harm than good to the economy and cost taxpayers more in the long run, suggests a report by researchers at the University of Illinois.
    PhysOrg - May 24 03:44am
  3. COMMENTARY | Members of Congress proposed raising the retirement age starting in 2027, which is a ridiculous "solution" for a crisis that may just be a hoax.
    Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! Finance - May 23 09:09am
  4. Alan Simpson . We miss him every day. He was the most colorful quote-meister ever when he was the distinguished Republican senator from Wyoming. And he clearly hasn’t lost a step since his retirement in 1997. Read full article >>
    Washington Post - May 23 05:25pm
  5. WASHINGTON -- Peter Peterson, a Wall Street billionaire who has been calling for cuts to Social Security and other government programs for years, is hosting a "fiscal summit" Tuesday that brings together Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, former President Bill Clinton, Rep. Paul Ryan, House Speaker John Boehner, Tom Brokaw and Politico's John Harris, among a host of other elites who will ...
    The Huffington Post - May 15 12:00pm
  6. Likely U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Tim Kaine told seniors and retirees in Martinsville on Tuesday that he is against privatizing Social Security.
    Martinsville Bulletin - May 23 02:12am
  7. The baby boom generation, instead of raising Social Security taxes on itself, kicked the problem of underfunding down the road.
    MSN - May 08 05:23pm
  8. Younger generation could pay price if Social Security not fixed
    San Jose Mercury News - Apr 26 05:40pm

  9. House Republicans target social cuts to shield military

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives on Monday will fire their first shots of the next deficit-reduction battle, advancing legislation to cut nearly $380 billion largely from social programs while protecting defense spending. The cuts to food stamps, child tax credits and Medicaid healthcare for the poor, among others, are certain to stall in the Democratic ...
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - May 07 11:52am
  10. Lt. Gov. Eloy S. Inos painted for lawmakers yesterday a picture of the administration's plans and scenarios to help retirees and active members of the NMI Retirement Fund, including weighing the U.S. Social Security Administration's five-year buy back plan to re-accept the CNMI government and recalling from the governor House Bill 17-226, which allows active members to withdraw up to 50 percent ...
    Saipan Tribune - May 20 07:01am