Social Security

Unfortunately the VA system is not the only part of the government where essential services may be threatened by cutbacks. The Social Security Administration has recently disclosed plans for …

Answers have never been farther than your local Social Security office, where employees are extensively trained to give you accurate and helpful answers. There's a reason Social Security is …

The Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that create a publicly administered retirement plan that would be open to anyone who works at a company with more than five …

The FICA payroll tax may be the most regressive tax in the developed world: The least a progressive administration could do would be to remove the taxable maximum.

According to a pool, 36 percent of workers have less than $1,000 saved for their retirement.

There never was a Golden Age of purely voluntary, and what charitable support mechanisms existed were not up to the challenges of the Second Industrial Revolution of the late …

Abby Huntsman has bought the banksters' big lie hook, line, and sinker and now she's pushing it live on national TV.

Dean Baker: As long as the wealthy can focus public debate on retirement benefits for ordinary workers, they can keep the focus away from the policies that allow them …

The austerity mania that plagued our political system for four years is finally subsiding.

There are two debates underway about President Obama's upcoming budget: One involves the President's proclamation that this budget will signal the “end of austerity,” while the other involves the …