Article: DES MOINES - IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HOSTS INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Article: Does the social security story have to be soporific?
The Quill;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The US. social security system is a gargantuan fact of...Americans live in its shadow. They see social security in a variety of ways, their views...major challenge in reporting about social security and about efforts to change the...

Article: Social Security celebrates milestones
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  September 10, 2003 ;     597 words ...Social Security celebrates its 68th birthday. On...President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. Ithought this is a...populargovernment programs. On Oct. 14, 1936 the Social Security Administration opened itsfirst field...

Article: Social security doesn't work any more.(hidden tax system)(Security for the Twenty-First Century)
The American Enterprise;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The Social Security system reminds us of Machiavelli...will eventually reveal themselves. Social Security has been a deeply defective system...point came in 1977. Until then, Social Security was a free lunch on wheels. Every...

Article: Social Security isn't just for retirement
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  August 23, 2000 ;     411 words ...Social Security / Esther Hatfield head: Social Security isn't just for retirement body: "I'm not worried about Social Security. I'm too young to worry about retirement. Is Social Security really going to be around when I'm ready to retire?" These...

Article: Social Security's inequities
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 3, 2001 ;     660 words ...Social Security's inequities By THOMAS A. FIREY...under the guise of "protecting" Social Security. If they succeed, we, and our children...the poorer for it. Everyone knows Social Security is in trouble. President Bush's...

Article: Social Security is for everybody. (importance of cost-of-living adjustments)
The Nation;  January 16, 1988 ;     700+ words ...Social Security Is for Everybody On December 31, Americans on Social Security received a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA...liberal columnist, defending his support for a Social Security freeze, wrote me: I am against locking in...

Article: Call off the 'crisis'? Social Security's solvency grows.(Features)(Work & Money)
The Christian Science Monitor;  February 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The Social Security financing crisis - if it can be...annual report last spring, the Social Security trustees calculated that the system...also imply a brighter picture for Social Security. They show the cumulative surplus...

Article: Bait and switch on Social Security: it wasn't created as 'insurance,' but now everybody thinks it is.(Brief Article)
U.S. News & World Report;  April 20, 1998 ;     631 words ...Social Security advocates have always been scrupulously...of rhetoric. Since passage of the Social Security Act in 1935, use of terms such as...unlike a welfare program. Early Social Security advocates likened the program to...

Article: SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS GO UP, BUT CUTS LOOM.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 17, 1996 ;     650 words ...Social Security benefits for 44 million Americans...mean an extra $21, on average, for Social Security recipients, increasing the monthly...on a government inflation gauge, Social Security cost-of-living adjustments in the...

Article: Information packaged just for women Social Security
News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  February 26, 2008 ;     536 words ...Social Security Administration All Americans need to understand at least the basics of the Social Security program. For women, there are reasons...they are more likely than men to get Social Security survivors benefits; Women will probably...

Article: Making Social Security More Harmful
Freeman;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Social Security is a fundamentally flawed system...the federal government makes for Social Security, that firm would quickly become...the federal government makes about Social Security that deserve special attention...

Article: Resecuring Social Security Private investment plan attracts interest, doubts
The Boston Globe;  February 25, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Social Security, the "third rail" of American politics...let people funnel part of their Social Security payroll tax into individual accounts...report will offer up "privatizing" Social Security as one of several options for restoring...

Article: Fixing the system before it goes broke Changes needed if Social Security benefits are to be paid at current rate; AARP on Social Security reform Series: Social Security The Looming Crisis, Second of two parts
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 4, 1996 ;     700+ words ...If Social Security disappeared, Al and Loretta Dunst...approximately $1,000 a month he collects in Social Security, the fruit of 47 years as a chauffeur...and famous. "I don't worry about Social Security," he said one day recently at the...

Article: Social Security: The Past, the Present, and Options for Reform
The CPA Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Social Security is one of the most popular, broadly...equal to that of today's retirees. Social Security currently provides a substantial...incomes from all sources, including Social Security, of $25,000 or less. For more than...