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Century Foundation report disputes Social Security "crisis"
Scare Tactics: Why Social Security Is Not in Crisis Opponents of Social Security have been striving to convince American workers, especially young adults, that Social Security will no longer exist by the time they retire...

Happy Birthday Social Security
The Social Security Act turned 73 on August 14, 2008. Happy birthday! Today more than 43 Americans take advantage of Social Security and the system never missed a payment...

Social Security Held its Value Better Than Your 401K
As the the Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund found, the Social Security (SSA) funds are secure thru 2037...

Top Ten Myths of Social Security
Check out Richard Kaplan's (Illinois) Top Ten Myths of Social Security. Here's the abstract: Few federal programs are as well known and as widely misunderstood as Social Security, despite its national prominence in matters both political and economic...

American Seniors Can Continue to Rely on the Rock Solid Promise of Social Security
Reflecting record high prices facing American consumers, a 5.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries was announced today...

NO-MATCH RULE COULD WREAK HAVOC WITH SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
The Social Security Trustees have released a new report showing that illegally present immigrants paying in to the Social Security system have had a substantially positive impact in cutting the deficit in the Social Security system...

Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Child Support Survival Guide
The Child Support Enforcement System

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Bailout Bill HR124

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

Can child support be terminated if a paternity test demonstrates the payer is not the biological father (PA)?
Your brother could now prove that he is not the biological father to this child ...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

How to make a landlord honor an option to buy provision in the lease (OH)?
Most leases are written as a one year agreement, if neither party elects to form...

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Social Security Class Action Launched
to Reinstate Wrongfully Terminated Payments

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

WA Dept. of Social and Health Services
Class action settlement reached will give $45,000 each to thousands of minority day-care providers.

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms