The Internal Revenue Service says overdue economic stimulus checks will soon be mailed to about a quarter of a million married couples who had been denied the money because a spouse's married name and Social Security number didn't match. ...more

October 19, 2008

Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree, the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions who have been watching in horror as Wall Street lays waste to their retirement nest eggs. ...more

October 17, 2008

At this time, even though the economic situation may seem the only criteria on which to judge a candidate please consider a couple of other points. Remember that Barack Obama is a trained attorney. He has learned to talk a good line in order to sway a jury. How has he managed to raise so much money that he can be in your face every 20 or 30 minutes during the news? Whoever is elected president will only be around four to eight years and doesn't necessarily have the ability to fulfill all his promises. The House and the Senate will have something to say, but the judges he appoints will be around to tell your grandchildren how the world should be run. ...more

October 17, 2008

I have never seen the dirty, desperate smear campaign that McCain-Palin are running. McCain says he would freeze spending for a year; let me translate that for you. It applies to Social Security for one thing. He has been itching to get his hands on our Social Security for years. He plans to cut our benefits, cut the cost of living, raise the retirement age, privatize accounts again and invest it in Wall Street, in spite of what's happening now. This is a page out of his pal Bush's playbook. While he's doing that he will be giving a tax break to his CEO buddies. This is a very wealthy man who relates to other wealthy people. ...more

October 16, 2008

Michelle Leonick of New Port Richey says John McCain's lack of computer savvy doesn't mean he's dumb, just out of touch with modern life. ...more

October 11, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama discussed his tax plan and strategies for saving Social Security during an interview today with News Channel 8 anchor Keith Cate. ...more

October 9, 2008

Wilson C. Brady of Hudson says work, not handouts, is the best path. ...more

October 8, 2008

My plan is to retire at age 62 but my wife is going to work until she is 66. ...more

September 29, 2008

Where would those of us who count on Social Security so much be now? ...more

September 27, 2008

Social Security and payroll tax is just too big of a problem for our good ole boys to understand. Make the change and spend the money as was intended when these programs were conceived. ...more

September 24, 2008