Free Talk Live - social security

Feds harass website owners because of linked sites.

SomebodySmart — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:57:40 +0000

If a website violates Section 1140, and you link to it, your site violates Section 1140, and are liable for $5000 civil penalty for every click on that link; and so every website linking to your website would also be in violation, and so on, even if you have a commercial ad server company running the ads on your site and cannot click them because that would be cheating. besides, if a website convincingly pretends to be Feds and you do click the link, how would you know they're not?

The Role of Government

porcupous — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:01:37 +0000

Over the past many decades, the federal government’s own internal debate on its responsibility has changed in a subtle but very important way. Before the change, the federal government would act in the marketplace when people believed that everybody had a right to something. Now it intervenes even when it does not believe something should be guaranteed.

Record number of Americans get government help

Cyphase — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:07:16 +0000

One in six Americans is receiving help from the government, just as fiscal austerity threatens to reduce some of that aid.

Soaring unemployment during The Great Recession has driven tens of millions of people to the dole. Enrollment in Medicaid and food stamp programs are at record highs, while unemployment insurance rolls remain at elevated levels. Many people depend on more than one program.

Obstacle to Deficit Cutting: A Nation on Entitlements - WSJ.com

slayerboy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:05:02 +0000

Efforts to tame America's ballooning budget deficit could soon confront a daunting reality: Nearly half of all Americans live in a household in which someone receives government benefits, more than at any time in history.

Is Social Security doomed?

masshole — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:09:45 +0000

Social Security will pay out more than it takes in this year — a tipping point that wasn't expected for six years. What does this mean for retirees, and the federal government?