A Bug at Social Security Admin Has Been Rerouting Phone Calls to Random Offices

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Universal Basic Income Has Been Tried Over and Over Again. It Works Every Time.

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As AI becomes a bigger and bigger part of our lives, the threat of job automation becomes an increasing possibility for many people. Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about universal basic income, the experimental form of welfare distribution that gives unconditional cash payments to people so that they can meet…

The White House blasts Republicans' budget plans, saying they want to slash Social Security and Medicare and 'force seniors to pay even higher drug costs so Big Pharma can fill more swimming pools with caviar and diamonds'

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US President Joe Biden.

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Ron DeSantis is eyeing cutting Social Security for people 'in their 30s and 40s' — but 'totally not' for seniors

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.

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Social Security recipients could face 'a rapid increase of wait times' to receive benefits if Congress fails to increase funding for the program, according to the union representing its workers

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California .

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Biden will threaten Social Security and Medicare and 'bumble into the first default in our nation's history' if he doesn't negotiate raising the debt ceiling with Republicans, Kevin McCarthy says

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds the speaker's gavel high after winning election as speaker of the House early Saturday morning.

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Trump-aligned PAC rolls out Ron DeSantis 'Pudding Fingers' ad, mocking his rumored eating habits and hitting him on Medicare and Social Security

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A man sticking three fingers in his mouth to eat pudding, taken from an attack ad against Ron DeSantis put out by the Make America Great Again PAC.

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Lower income Americans are the group most likely to think they should be taxed more

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President Biden announced a proposal last month to fund Medicare by raising taxes on people making over $400,000.

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Call it the Great Cash Out: Almost half of job switchers are making the mistake of cashing out their retirement savings when they go

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Under most circumstances, the IRS imposes a 10% penalty on those under the age of 59.5 who choose to cash out their retirement savings.

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Pelosi lamented that Biden would help raise 'a million dollars' for Marjorie Taylor Greene by mentioning her in a speech

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.

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