The author says that the government has embezzled all surplus Social Security revenue, generated by the 1983 payroll tax hike, and spent the money on wars and other government programs.
• Leave a CommentThe IRS official who oversaw the unit responsible for the targeting of conservative groups has been placed on administrative leave.
• Leave a CommentGot a question about tax refunds, polluters or subsidized housing? Don’t expect an answer this Friday.
• Leave a CommentPresident Obama, responding to mounting criticism of his Justice Department’s seizure of reporter records, said for the first time Thursday that the administration would be reviewing its guidelines in response to the controversy.
• Leave a CommentLegislation has been introduced that would establish an independent task force or commission to analyze VA’s disability benefits claims processing system. The task force would be charged with examining the root causes of VA’s backlog and providing solutions for ending it by 2015.
• Leave a CommentOPM has provided some special insurance information with regard to how the recent tornado in Oklahoma may affect various benefit programs.
• Leave a CommentPresident Obama will nominate former campaign official Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday, according to a White House official.
• Leave a CommentThree days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.
• Leave a CommentNewly uncovered court documents reveal the Justice Department seized records of several Fox News phone lines as part of a leak investigation — even listing a number that, according to one source, matches the home phone number of a reporter’s parents.
• Leave a CommentA group of federal contract workers recently went on strike in order to draw attention to their low pay.
• Leave a CommentA former postal worker from Birmingham has pleaded guilty in a mail theft case that involved re-directing packages – one that contained 11 handguns – to an accomplice, federal authorities announced this morning.
• Leave a CommentAnother few months have passed since the debt ceiling was raised and time for another raise in our debt. How will your retirement annuity payments and your G fund investments be impacted?
• Leave a CommentHouse Republicans are considering trying to haul back into the hearing room the embattled IRS official who refused to testify Wednesday, claiming she may have inadvertently waived her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent by delivering an opening statement.
• Leave a CommentSlow-to-retire older workers are often blamed for stifling opportunities for younger generations. The theory doesn’t hold up, but tensions remain.
• Leave a CommentWhy is it that many federal employees think that FEHB costs increase? The authors provide some answers.
• Leave a CommentThe Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a “long-term modernization” effort and would not help ease the current backlog in VA disability claims.
• Leave a CommentA Democrat on the House’s investigative committee raised the specter of a special prosecutor on Wednesday to investigate political targeting of conservative groups at the IRS from 2010 to 2012.
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