In his State of the Union message in February, President Biden bragged that his “administration cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion — the largest deficit reduction in American history.” That boast lasted barely six months. Biden’s supposed “achievement” always amounted to less than […]

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THERE are seven more payments left in 2023 – and during two of the months, you will receive two checks worth $914 each. SSI recipients receive two payments in March, June, September, and December due to a glitch in the payment schedule, while no payments […]

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MILLIONS of Social Security recipients will see their payments this week. Social Security payments, which are worth $1,801 on average, are sent out on the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Recipients are sent their COLA checks depending on when their birthday is. Those […]

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Earned income tax credit, explained The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the government’s largest refundable federal income tax credit for low- and moderate-income workers. In 2021, almost 25million families received over $60billion in EITC credits, with an average payment of $2,411. For the 2022 tax year, […]

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Same song, different verse. For someone who spends much of his time claiming to defend Social Security and Medicare, President Joe Biden takes a pass one day a year: Tax Day. For the sixth consecutive year, Biden and his wife avoided paying Medicare and Social […]

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In its budget last month, the White House claimed that “the Administration is committed to protecting and strengthening Social Security.” But the recently released annual report from that program’s trustees portrays a different story. The report demonstrates how the slower economic growth and higher inflation […]

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President Joe Biden has a long and storied history of attacking Social Security. His political posturing over how to solve its structural shortfalls will have harmful consequences. Specifically, uncertainty over Social Security’s future could be exacerbating labor market shortages — one of the prime drivers of […]

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Amidst the hubbub of congressional activity and a presidential budget release, Capitol Hill has been rocked in recent days by news of something much closer to home: a data breach affecting the District of Columbia’s Obamacare Exchange, D.C. Health Link. Because most congressional employees use […]

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Inside the corporate media bubble, President Joe Biden is a champ on a winning streak. From an economy that is in not quite so dire straits as it was last summer to a midterm election result that was not as disastrous as expected and the […]

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President Joe Biden mumbled through his second State of the Union address to a divided Congress on Tuesday night. His aim wasn’t just to beg House Republicans to pass Democrats’ legislative wish lists. The president sought to convince Americans that the state of our union […]

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President Joe Biden tried claiming that Republicans are attempting to cut Medicare and Social Security during his State of the Union address Tuesday, to which the right side of the aisle responded in raucous booing, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene yelling out “liar!”  The Republican’s […]

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MILLIONS of cash-strapped Americans have only 48 hours to wait before they will receive their next Social Security payment. Benefits worth up to $4,555 will be sent out on February 8. Getty Millions of Americans will receive their next Social Security installment on February 8 […]

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THE deadline to collect two monthly benefit payments worth $1,277 and $1,657 is in 24 hours. November’s final social security payment is set to roll out tomorrow, with 78million recipients in line to receive a check. 1 Social Security beneficiaries can collect two monthly benefit payments […]

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The White House deleted a post on Twitter after the platform placed a fact check on it, two years after the company allowed the Democrat’s presidential campaign to go an entire election unchecked. On Wednesday, the White House claimed credit for a raise in Social […]

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Here are two snippets from today’s New York Times piece contending that Republicans have “embraced” plans to cut Social Security and Medicare: “The fact that Republicans are openly talking about cutting the programs has galvanized Democrats in the final weeks of the midterm campaign.” “Still, […]

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