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E-filing taxes: IRS ready to receive your money
E-filing taxes begins in earnest as Internal Revenue Service begins accepting electronically filed returns. E-filing taxes is free to anyone, but those making $57,000 or less can get more free help.
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In budget battle, voters are the 'adults in the room'
Politicians on both extremes think voters want stubborness in the budget battle. They're wrong.
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Three factors that are polarizing the nation
As they have in the past, the nation's prolonged economic problems will realign the major parties, create new coalitions, and yield new solutions
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Eight days left: Was super committee a bad idea from the start?
As the Nov. 23 deadline to propose a plan to trim $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit approaches, many in Congress are saying that that super committee should never have been created.
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Penn State: College football record one win away for Joe Paterno
Penn State’s head coach Joe Paterno has long been a Nittany Lion in winner’s mode. With a victory over Illinois Saturday, Paterno will have the most wins in the major-college ranks.
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Medicare premiums taketh what Social Security giveth?
Medicare premiums are slated to rise – by about $10 a month – for most recipients in 2012. These higher Medicare premiums will eat into the extra $39 a month that the average Social Security recipient is expected to get from next year's cost-of-living adjustment.
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A long, steep drop for Americans' standard of living
Not since at least 1960 has the US standard of living fallen so fast for so long. The average American has $1,315 less in annual disposable income now than at the onset of the Great Recession.
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Social Security recipients see 3.5 percent raise
Social Security recipients have not received a raise since 2009. That is set to change in 2012, when Social Security checks will be about 3.5 percent more than the last two years.
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Social Security: seniors to see COLA increase in 2012
After an unprecedented two years of no cost-of-living adjustment, Social Security is poised to boost payments in January, a private group calculates. Social Security COLA will be between 3.5 and 3.7 percent.
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Government suspends home-care provision of health-care reform law
The CLASS act, a provision in the heath-care reform law designed to help the disabled and elderly cash to receive care at home, could not be both voluntary and budget-neutral, say health officials.
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Occupy Wall Street: Is it becoming your father’s – even grandfather’s – movement?
Many of the 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters are now much older than college age. Is this a sign of cross-generational appeal, or is the movement being taken over by aging ’60s radicals?
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Ron Paul is on the 'Daily Show' tonight. Will he say something inflammatory?
In past appearances on the 'Daily Show,' Ron Paul has made comments to Jon Stewart that would have gotten other candidates in trouble. Will he push the boundaries again tonight?
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Budget cuts: five groups likely to feel the pinch
If there's one thing that's lacking in the debt deal that president signed on Aug. 2, it's specifics. It asks for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years, but gives few concrete details about where they'll come from. The deal does outline some changes for student loans, and it leaves out renewals for a couple of unemployment benefits programs. But most of the envisioned budget cuts won't become clearer until this fall, when a 12-member, bipartisan "super committee" gives its recommendations to Congress. Some Americans may be particularly vulnerable to their budget choices. Here are five groups who could see a reduction in government largesse:
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Will Social Security checks keep coming if US goes broke?
Many seniors are worried about their Aug. 3 Social Security payment. But even without a debt-limit deal, they will almost certainly keep getting their Social Security checks.
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Opinion: Why a Gen Y guy is begging to raise his Social Security retirement age
With a down economy, the majority of the Millennial generation has nothing saved for retirement. But they’re also most at risk for not getting Social Security payments later in life. Raising the retirement age would help ensure that something is left for them.
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AARP leaders to meet with Congress members
AARP State Director Brenda Kelley and State President Laura Green are scheduled to meet Wednesday with US Sen. Joe Lieberman and Congressmen John Larson, Chris Murphy, and Joseph Courtney.
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Social Security: Fixing it isn't hard
Social Security isn't broke, but it is poorly designed for a nation that has changed so dramatically since the 1930s. What Social Security needs is solvency and modernization.
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AARP: Deficit, political realities force a shift
AARP, recognizing political realities, decides to soften its opposition to Social Security cuts in order to influence a compromise. But liberal groups thrash AARP for changing its position.
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AARP agrees to benefit cuts!?
AARP may have changed its position on Social Security cuts. But how much is the shortfall, anyway?
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Well, good for you, AARP!
AARP won't oppose cutting Social Security benefits anymore, which shows that the organization understands what it means to make tough choices
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Medicare premium hike could offset Social Security raise
Medicare price increases could wipe out any gain from a Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment next year for three-quarters of Medicare beneficiaries, estimates AARP.
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Tax preparation: Get help for free
Tax preparation season is here, and there are plenty of places to look for free assistance.
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How retirement is being reinvented worldwide
People are working longer – out of necessity and choice – as the world undergoes one of the biggest demographic shifts in history.
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Medicare home health fee? Congress eyes one.
Medicare home health charge could force seniors to pay $150 for a series of home visits, if Congress accepts a panel's recommendation.
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Baby boomers: Officially, you’re now senior citizens
Baby boomers – those born 1946-1964 – represent the largest population growth in US history. What will they do in retirement, and what impact will that have on society and the economy?
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