New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is betting his political future on a big speech on entitlement reform to restore buzz for a potential presidential campaign — even though his polling numbers have suffered in recent months.
In New Hampshire Tuesday, Governor Chris Christie will announce his plan for entitlement reform, vowing to shake up Social Security and Medicare to ensure it’s solvency for generations to come.
The Social Security Administration improperly paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits to sexual predators involuntarily confined in Special Commitment Centers, according to a new audit from the agency’s Inspector General.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said that Social Security should be be made “secure” while increasing benefits in an interview broadcast on Tuesday’s “Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC. Warren laid out a list of policy proposals that she wanted to see
A recent SSA Inspector General audit estimates that the agency has paid out some $17.1 million in benefits to at least 740 dead people. In one case, a Connecticut man has been convicted of defrauding the program for a quarter century.
Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he was an “emphatic advocate” of a balanced budget amendment, and expressed support for means testing Social Security and raising the retirement age on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “I
Giant welfare states and torpid, hyper-regulated economies are fundamentally incompatible with open borders. Yet the U.S. government is letting illegals know they’re going to be able to collect money from the IRS through tax credits, up to $35,000 apiece, and that they’ll be able to collect Social Security benefits as early as 2017.
The Inspector General “confirmed that illegal aliens were using deceased number holders’ names and SSNs to work, but U.S. Attorneys in Arizona, Florida, and South Carolina declined prosecution.”
