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Obama Details Social Security Plans

Sen. Barack Obama fleshed out his plans to shore up the Social Security system Friday, telling a group of senior citizens in Columbus, Ohio that if elected president, he would advocate applying the Social Security payroll tax to annual incomes above $250,000.

Social Security Update

The just-released annual report of the Social Security and Medicare trustees contains familiar warnings of major challenges ahead — along with a bit of good news.

Social Security: Where Do We Go From Here?

From past debates on privatization to new proposals to tap benefits in midlife and shifting the federal focus from the old to the young, experts of various stripes find fertile ground in debating the future of the program.

Social Security Dilemma: Americans Are Living Too Long

Among non-politicians, there’s remarkable unanimity on what areas of the Social Security system need fixing and what techniques are likely to work best. Second in a three-part series.

An Honest Look at Social Security

In the first of a three-part series on that “third rail” of American politics, our Tom Jacobs examines the history of the program.

Retiring Early? Find a Hobby

Economists and experts on aging say we should encourage the elderly to stay, or get back, in the workplace. But many seniors are not doing so because of a quirk in the law.