Tax breaks for seniors ‘draining state’
Dearborn Press & Guide - Sat Dec 5, 1:59 pm ETLANSING — Every time a Michigan resident begins collecting a pension or turns 65, the nation's most generous tax breaks for seniors kick in.
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Social Security numbers not needed for Salvation Army gifts
11 News Houston - Thu Dec 3, 3:17 pm ETFamilies signing up their children for The Salvation Army's Angel Tree program in the Houston area will no longer have to give a Social Security number. HOUSTON -- Families signing up their children for The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program in the Houston area will no longer have to give a Social Security number. Some had seen the practice as a way to check immigration status, but the ...
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Denver May Check Contractors' Immigration Status
CBS4 Denver - Thu Dec 3, 3:10 pm ETTwo Denver City Council members might propose an ordinance requiring random checks of contract workers' immigration status. Council members Jeanne Faatz and Chris Nevitt are considering the proposal after a recent audit found that more than a dozen workers on a city project had invalid Social Security numbers. Nevitt said he has asked the city attorney and auditor to look into how other cities ...
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Texas Charities Require Social Security Number to Receive Gifts
KAUZ Wichita Falls - Thu Dec 3, 1:54 pm ETTwo Texas charities are defending their practice of requiring at least one Social Security number in order for families to register their children to receive Christmas gifts.
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DOD to miss deadline for removing Social Security numbers from IDs
Stars and Stripes - Thu Dec 3, 12:40 pm ETThe Defense Department will not meet its end-of-the-year deadline for removing Social Security numbers from military ID cards as they are issued or renewed, the Pentagon has confirmed.
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Wade Norris: Primaries for the "Conservadem" Senators
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 12:14 pm ETI agree, and a successful primary challenge against the likes of the Michael Bennets or the Arlen Specters of our party might make our other senators like Mark Udall or Evan Bayh take notice.
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Express Scripts Is the First Company to Achieve URAC Accreditation for Workers' Compensation and Property and Casualty ...
redOrbit - Thu Dec 3, 12:08 pm ETST. LOUIS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Express Scripts (Nasdaq: ESRX) announced it has earned URAC accreditation for Workers' Compensation Pharmacy Benefit Management under URAC's Pharmacy Quality Management program.
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Social Security benefits awarded to in vitro daughter of deceased father
WQAD Moline - Thu Dec 3, 10:49 am ETDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a girl born almost two years after her father died of leukemia is entitled to the man's Social Security benefits.
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What Makes America Great? Don't Ask Obama
The Cowl - Thu Dec 3, 10:18 am ETSuccessful politicians in the United States have always praised and appealed to the notion of American exceptionalism. In my opinion, the United States is a singular nation based on an incomparable ideology that puts us above all others in the world. The perception of America seen through the eyes of President Barack Obama, however, harshly diminishes our influence and standing on the ...
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Tax-filing rules (and advice) for kids
The Star-Ledger - Thu Dec 3, 8:07 am ETQ. My 17-year-old son worked as a lifeguard this summer at our local swimming pool. Does he need to file a tax return next April? -- Fran A. It depends on how much he earned on the job and how...
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You say ...Letter to the editor
Bluffton Today - Thu Dec 3, 7:10 am ETSome of our local writers and callers claim they like to see facts, but they usually don’t like the facts that they see, so they pretend the facts never happened. In 1935 the Democrats pushed through the passage of Social Security, unemployment insurance and other beneficial legislation.
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Your views: Down to wire on health reform (Nov. 29)
The Bay Bulletin - Thu Dec 3, 6:17 am ETWhy is it that other industrialized nations provide health care for everyone at a reasonable cost? In France, there is the Carte Vitale, or vital card. A green plastic credit card with a memory chip, it is the central administrative tool of French medicine.
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Disabled? Social Security can help
The Gainesville Sun - Thu Dec 3, 6:10 am ETBy DONNA MAITLAND Special to the Guardian Disability is something most people do not like to think about. But the unfortunate reality is this: The chances that you will become disabled are probably far greater than you realize. Studies show that a 20-year-old worker has a 3 in 10 chance of becoming disabled before reaching retirement age.
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New Social Security office to open
The Des Moines Register - Thu Dec 3, 5:35 am ETSocial Security regional commissioner Michael Grochowski will be in Des Moines at 10 a.m. Wednesday to officially open the agency’s office at 455 S.W. Fifth St.
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Judge: Girl entitled to father’s benefits
The Iowa City Press-Citizen - Thu Dec 3, 4:24 am ETDES MOINES -- A federal judge has ruled that a West Branch girl born almost two years after her father died of leukemia is entitled to the man's Social Security benefits.
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Open Fort Knox
Santa Barbara Independent - Thu Dec 3, 3:38 am ETHigh Social Security payroll taxes have contributed to yearly Social Security Trust Fund surpluses until the proclaimed surplus is now in excess of $2,420 billion ($2.42 trillion). However, Congress has elected to sacrifice Social Security on the alter of corruption by spending the entire surplus.
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Wake postcards contain Social Security numbers
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Bernanke Channels Willie Sutton In Assault On Social Security: 'That's Where The Money Is'
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After protests in Los Angeles, Salvation Army to stop checking Social Security numbers for toy drives.
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Why Raising Tax Revenue is Hard
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