Social Security News

     I can't be sure but I'm guessing that Michael Astrue expected a Republican to win this year's Presidential election. I ask...

     From Talking Points Memo (TPM) (emphasis added): A potential Mitt Romney presidency carries huge implications for the Supreme Cour...

     In an interview with the Des Moines Register President Obama said that he was hoping for a "grand bargain" after the electi...

     This is from Dean Baker, writing in The Guardian : It is remarkable that social security hasn't been a more prominent issue in t...

     From The Hill : Vice President Biden on Friday told Florida seniors that Mitt Romney wants to make them pay $460 more in taxes on S...

     From the 60 Minutes interview with Mitt Romney aired last night: PELLEY:  How would you change Social Security?  ROMNEY:  Well, ...

     Paul Ryan, the Republican Vice-Presidental nominee, said in 2005 that Social Security in 2005 is "a collectivist system, it's...

     A state court judge has blocked an effort to use Social Security's Death Master File to purge voter rolls in Texas in advance of ...

    From the Cox Newspapers : Two months before the presidential election, thousands of registered Texas voters are receiving letters aski...

     During the Republican National Convention, I had quoted what the GOP platform said about Social Security. Here's what the Democrati...

     Party platforms do not bind nominees but are still a sign of a party's core value. Here's what the Republican platform for 2012...

     H.I.G. Capital, a private equity firm, has given $219,495 to the Mitt Romney campaign this year, making it one of Romney's largest ...

     Another element of Paul Ryan's budget plan: Persons who are approved for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) would no longer be auto...

     To no one's surprise, Democrats are starting to attack the Romney-Ryan ticket over Social Security. Plans for partial privatizatio...

     Paul Ryan's budget plan would: Means test Social Security Raise full retirement age to 70 Allow workers the right to divert on...

     From the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities : Governor Mitt Romney’s proposals to cap total federal spending, boost defense spen...

     A new Harris poll shows that only 12% of Americans want to cut Social Security. All Republican candidates for President endorse cuts in...

     In a major policy address today at a nearly empty Ford Field, Mitt Romney promised that if he is elected President that he would "...

From the Huffington Post : Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called Friday for immediate cuts to Social Security benefits .....

From the Associated Press : Most of the top Republicans running for president are embracing plans to partially privatize Social Security, ...