Napoleon Gonzalez, 87, was given 5 months of probation and will not have to serve any time behind bars.
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Opinion: Public sector and government employees getting the short end of the Social Security stick
That group could lose up to two-thirds of their retirement earnings under the current system, but help may be on the way from Washington.
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Posted inBusiness, Election 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Trump proposals could drain Social Security in 6 years, budget group says
Social Security faces a looming funding crisis in an aging country, with trustees most recently predicting that the retirement and disability program’s trust fund will become insolvent in 2035.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston woman admits to Social Security fraud
Prosecutors said Donna D. Desrosiers collected more than $90,000 she wasn’t entitled to.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Social Security recipients will get 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees
Social Security recipients are expected to receive a smaller cost-of-living increase in January than in recent years as inflation moderates.
Posted inLetters, Uncategorized
Letter: Take GOP at its word on Social Security
Counting on Social Security? Count again! The Republican Study Committee FY 2025 Budget Proposal for 2025, now available online, recommends that the retirement age for Social Security be increased and benefits cut. The Republicans claim it would not affect people presently on Social Security or presently near retirement. This is necessary, they say, because the […]
Posted inLetters
Letter: Support fair Social Security deductions
In response to the May 23 letter to the editor “Taking more from high earners is theft,” I wish to clarify how the “left” feels about how Social Security is taken from workers’ earnings. Currently, 6.2% of earnings are paid into Social Security from our wages, with a capped amount of wages at this time […]
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Letter: Ask the wealthy to pay their fair share
In response to the opinion presented by a in a recent letter, (“Taking more from high earners is theft,” May 23), nobody is proposing to steal higher earners’ income. Those of us not lucky, fortunate or born into wealth to earn more than $168,000 per year pay 6.2% on all of our income to support […]
Posted inBusiness, News
Social Security and Medicare finances look grim as overall debt piles up
The news Monday was better than many experts had expected, though – last year, federal actuaries said the programs could go belly-up sooner than the decade predicted in the new report.