Social Security

• WIARA 7th Biennial Convention

  February 27, 2017: WHEN:  Saturday May 13th WHERE:  1602 S. Park St., Madison, WI (The Madison Labor Temple) WHO: U.S. Representative Mark Pocan WHAT:  Learn skills in effective ways to communicate political views or concerns about your community Legisl...Read more >

• 2016 Presidential Election – Hillary Is It!

  November 05, 2016: WHY SHOULD HILLARY CLINTON BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT? by Vivien De Back This is not an article to convince you to vote for Hillary Clinton for President of the United States or to debate issues of importance to the American people. This is not an a...Read more >

• 2016 Election

  November 05, 2016: The 2016 Campaign by Leon Burzynski It is no secret that the 2016 campaign for President quickly deteriorated into a sordid pit of slime. The Republican primary debates set the tone for the lowest bar for decency in the modern era, and things ...Read more >

• VOTING IN WISCONSIN

  November 04, 2016: THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING IN WISCONSIN By Vivien De Back & Anita Johnson Understanding the voting rules and regulations in Wisconsin in 2016 can be confusing. This is due to a number of court rulings and appeals regardin...Read more >

• Russ Will Protect Social Security

  November 04, 2016: Russ Feingold Pledges to Protect Social Security Leon Burzynski Throughout our working careers, all of us who are now retired knew that Social security would be there for us when we reached retirement. Over the years, Republicans broached some...Read more >

• Gallup Poll: Confidence in Social Security is on the Rise

  March 07, 2016: Polls are showing an increased optimism that Social Security is in solid financial shape and the public is increasingly saying that they will need to rely on the program during retirement. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, 36% of non-retirees said tha...Read more >

• Trump Misleads About Social Security Fraud

  February 19, 2016: Donald Trump is misleading people about the prevalence of Social Security fraud. At a recent Republican presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina, he said, “'thousands and thousands of people’ over the age of 106 are receiving Social ...Read more >

• Kasich and Jeb Bush Mean Trouble for Seniors

  February 11, 2016: John Kasich and Jeb Bush mean trouble for seniors and retirees. The New Hampshire primary results are in, and the top four for the Republicans were businessman Donald Trump, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), and former Governor Jeb Bush (F...Read more >

• Silver Tsunami to Bring 25 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries by 2036

  January 27, 2016: [caption id="attachment_3359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator[/caption] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent over the next ten yea...Read more >

• Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech

  January 13, 2016:   President's Last State of the Union Speech has Strong Implications for Social Security, Medicare and Pensions Retirees Remain Apprehensive about Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Ret...Read more >