Misdirection plays a part in Social Security reform
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The debate in Washington, DC, has started over the reformation of Social Security. The 1935 plan of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a safety net Americans have come to depend on.
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The challenge awaiting President Bush is to offer a plan for restoring the Social Security system to financial balance.
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The U.S. Social Security  Administration is set to publicize its financial problems and  promote partial privatization of the government pension system  as part of a solution, despite the objections of many agency  employees, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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With lawmakers expressing doubt  about its proposal to restructure the Social Security  retirement system, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday  that its plans for investment accounts are likely to undergo  changes to win approval.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has done it again. For at least the fourth time this year, he has touched the electrified third rail of American politics - Social Security.
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Blog: Panel approves a bill that backers say will help fix the problem of Social Security number misuse and identity theft. But it has a long and uphill battle to go before it becomes law.
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Social Security benefits will not change for retirees or wage-earners age 55 or older in the plan President Bush unveiled Wednesday night. But the government guarantee would drop for younger workers whether or not they set up personal accounts.
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EDITOR&#39;S NOTE -- President Bush has made his ambitious proposal to revamp Social Security a priority for his second term. This is one in an occasional series of stories exploring the retirement system, why
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Social Security benefits for more than 47 million Americans will increase 2.7 percent next year, the government announced today. But higher Medicare premiums will take
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President George W. Bush&#39;s bid to restructure Social Security and make tax cuts permanent competed with budget and trade deficit concerns during a two-day conference of economists and executives that began today.
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If there will ever be a year when the political stars are aligned for President Bush to revamp Social Security, it may be 2005. But he still must persuade wary Republicans in Congress to follow his lead.
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The idea that letting people invest some of their Social Security money in the stock market will allow for higher returns is as flawed as a perpetual motion machine.
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WHAT'S POSSIBLE: Social Security disability benefits may not be safe from the across-the-board cuts that are likely in President Bush's proposal to allow personal investment accounts.
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The AARP bulletined its 35 million members last week that President Bush&#39;s plan to make personal investment accounts part of Social Security was the &quot;wrong direction
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With underfunded pensions  threatening to become the U.S. taxpayer's next  multibillion-dollar headache, lawmakers are working on a  long-term fix for struggling traditional retirement plans.
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When people enroll in a Medicare drug plan later this year, the first option for paying their monthly premiums will no longer be through a deduction in their Social Security check. Instead, the government will encourage beneficiaries to pay insurers directly.
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WASHINGTON - Social Security benefits for nearly 50 million people will rise 2.3 percent starting in January, the smallest increase in four years. The typical retiree will face the challenge of using the additional $24 to cover higher costs for everything from gasoline and food to medical care.