Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Social Security Cuts Eyed by Deficit Commission ‘Especially Painful,’ Report Finds


by Mike Hall, Jul 15, 2010

Next month, Social Security, one of the nation’s most successful and important government programs, turns 75. It is the cornerstone of retirement security for tens of millions of Americans.

(Today, the U.S. House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security will examine the success of Social Security 75 years after President Franklin Roosevelt signed it into law. We’ll be covering the hearing.)