Social Security News

      Until this year the Social Security Administration had a small staff, perhaps one person, dedicated to preserving agency history. I un...

      Thirty years ago today 16 employees of the Social Security Administration lost their lives when a federal building in Oklahoma City wa...

        Lawrence Glickman writes about the long, long history of calling Social Security a "Ponzi scheme." Repeating this lie end...

    From a press release : Today [December 16] President Biden will sign a proclamation establishing the Frances Perkins National Monument ...

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      Notice the only woman in the picture. That's Frances Perkins , who may deserve more credit for the bill's passage than anyone.

      I hope that the new Commissioner, Martin O'Malley, doesn't suffer from the illusion that his management skills will rescue the...

  And you made it despite constant Republican warnings that you were about to collapse.

      The question is often asked: "Why is Social Security even discussed in terms of the federal budget? Benefits are paid out of the ...

      From the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: ... The fact that in 2033 Social Security would be able to pay only 77 pe...

 

 

      The woman in the photo is Frances Perkins , who may deserve the most credit for the creation of Social Security.  I've always thou...

    The "Black Cabinet"    From Black Past (emphasis added): The Black Cabinet was an informal advisory group of African American...

      Social Security used to publish an employee magazine called OASIS. Is OASIS still being published?      Extra points if you know why ...

 

     From the AARP : ...  Lawmakers are considering a paid leave benefit that is funded by taxpayers.  Such paid leave benefits would be ad...

 

  Originally built for Coca Cola, the Candler Building in Baltimore was Social Security’s  first home