social security
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PublishedNovember 4, 2024
Opinion: Public sector and government employees getting the short end of the Social Security stick
That group could lose up to two-thirds of their retirement earnings under the current system, but help may be on the way from Washington.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2024
Trump proposals could drain Social Security in 6 years, budget group says
Social Security faces a looming funding crisis in an aging country, with trustees most recently predicting that the retirement and disability program’s trust fund will become insolvent in 2035.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2024
Lewiston woman admits to Social Security fraud
Prosecutors said Donna D. Desrosiers collected more than $90,000 she wasn't entitled to.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2024
Social Security recipients will get 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2024
Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees
Social Security recipients are expected to receive a smaller cost-of-living increase in January than in recent years as inflation moderates.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2024
Letter: Take GOP at its word on Social Security
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PublishedMay 28, 2024
Letter: Support fair Social Security deductions
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PublishedMay 28, 2024
Letter: Ask the wealthy to pay their fair share
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PublishedMay 6, 2024
Social Security and Medicare finances look grim as overall debt piles up
The news Monday was better than many experts had expected, though – last year, federal actuaries said the programs could go belly-up sooner than the decade predicted in the new report.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2024
Opinion: Raising the retirement age won’t help anyone
Increasing the retirement age essentially singles out the very worse-off class of older adults – and makes them worse off.
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