“Social Security” on The Daily Caller

With the Senate deadlocked on how to pay for an extension to the payroll tax cut, House Republicans are planning to tie the vote to a number of Republican-backed issues that they say will create jobs. (more)

Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said “there will be a shared sacrifice in this country” in terms of Social Security reform.  (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday sidetracked rival plans to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut, in dueling votes that pave the way for negotiations on a compromise on a core component of President Barack Obama’s jobs program. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as 55 million Social Security recipients are about to get their first benefit increase in three years, Congress is looking at reducing future raises by adopting a new measure of inflation that also would increase taxes for most families – the biggest impact falling on those with low incomes. (more)

Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York joined a group of House Democrats and progressive organizations in a rally on Capitol Hill to urge the super committee not to recommend Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefit cuts, arguing that the nation’s $14.9 trillion debt is “not as big a crisis” as the 9.1 percent unemployment rate. (more)

WASHINGTON – Private financial information belonging to as many as 5,000 college students was open for viewing on a federal government student loan website in recent weeks, according to a senior Department of Education staff member. (more)

The Occupy Wall Street movement has become a topic of national discussion. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — That didn’t last long. About 55 million Social Security recipients will get their first increase in benefits next year since 2009 — a 3.6 percent raise. But higher Medicare premiums could erase a big chunk of it. (more)

HENNIKER, N.H. — Before a crowd of just over 100 Monday morning, congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann took shots at Barack Obama, Rick Perry, the government’s management of Social Security funds, the U.S. Department of Education and the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters. (more)

Michigan Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter predicts that his proposal to reform Social Security will gain traction after the current congressional recess. (more)

Comments by Rick Perry and Mitt Romney on Social Security during the last two Republican presidential debates may have provided more insight into these two men than expected — something to ponder with the next debate coming up. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to seek a new base tax rate for the wealthy to ensure that millionaires pay at least at the same percentage as middle income taxpayers. (more)

Rick Perry’s comments about Social Security are having little effect on his appeal to Republican voters thus far, but they have raised doubts about his viability in a general election against Obama, according to a USA Today poll/Gallup poll released Friday. (more)

Critics of Texas Gov. Rick Perry responded with outrage when he compared Social Security to a Ponzi scheme. Is Perry right? Or is it time he toned down the political rhetoric? The DC’s Michelle Fields explains: (more)

Much of the media has declared calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” taboo since Texas Gov. Rick Perry started mainstreaming the comparison. But Tuesday on the Fox Business Network, George Mason University economist Walter E. Williams didn’t scold the GOP presidential hopeful. (more)

Michigan Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter unveiled a plan to reform Social Security at a Monday presentation hosted by the Heritage Foundation. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has made it official: He is no fan of former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove. (more)

Texas Governor Rick Perry has been criticized for saying that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. But he’s absolutely right, and he is hardly the first guy to notice. I figured that out 30 years ago. (more)

There goes Rick Perry again, saying things that make liberals’ heads explode. (more)

OTTUMWA, Iowa – Riding high in the polls, Gov. Rick Perry rode into Iowa on Saturday with tough talk on President Obama, the economy and foreign policy and a declaration that Social Security is not only a Ponzi scheme but a “monstrous lie” for younger people. (more)