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SOCIAL SECURITY: INFORMATION & UPDATES Can a grandchild receive SSA benefits?
Q: I have custody of my young granddaughter and raising her without assistance from her parents. Can she receive benefits through my record when I start Social Security retirement next year? A: In ve...
Posted on 6/17/13 at 11:05 AM
LIVING IN RETIREMENT Foundation of Retirement - Social Security
Social Security payments are important to most American's retirement plans. After all, a worker has contributed a significant portion of their incometo Social Security via payroll taxes;starting at2.2...
Posted on 6/4/13 at 8:33 AM
PLANNING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES Target Date Funds...What I Call a Target Rich Environment
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 approved the use of Target Date funds asa default option forretirement plan sponsors and since that time, we have seen an explosion of popularity in its offering (Ta...
Posted on 3/26/13 at 10:58 AM
HEALTHY TIDBITS Taxes
Don't forget to do your taxes. There are programs to help Seniors called Tax-Aide.There is Community Action in Duluth and other programs that are free. Check out this website: www.aarp.org/findtaxhe...
Posted on 3/12/13 at 7:28 AM
NEW PLATEAUS The Panhandling Indian Woman
She was as innocuous as a tree or road signjust another person at the top of the freeway exit ramp here in south Minneapolis. Its a popular place for panhandlers. As I drove closer, though, her sign t...
Posted on 10/30/12 at 7:16 AM
Amid deficit worries, support for Social Security weakens 
WASHINGTON – Social Security’s strong political support is slowly growing shakier.
By McClatchy Newspapers , January 28, 2011
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Projection: Social Security fund will be drained by 2037
WASHINGTON — Social Security's finances are getting worse as the economy struggles to recover and millions of baby boomers stand at the brink of retirement.
By Associated Press , January 27, 2011
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Poor people again get the short end
We get a letter from Social Security that there is no increase in cost of living in Social Security.
By Judy Cofell , December 31, 2010
Conrad one of first elected officials to embrace Deficit Commission report
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tough new cost-cutting playbook submitted by the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's deficit commission has been embraced by Sens. Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg, the first two elected officials to endorse it.
By Associated Press , December 01, 2010
Social Security concerns group
AARP gathers info from cross section
The future of Social Security is a weighted issue on many minds. Even with elections now over, many hope lawmakers are still willing to hear what the public thinks should be done with the possibly faltering system.
By Wendy Reuer , November 05, 2010
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Seniors plan rally to tell Rick Berg 'Hands off My Social Security'
Senior citizens in Fargo will gather in front of Rick Berg’s Fargo office Friday and tell him they oppose his plan to privatize Social Security.
By Forum staff reports , October 21, 2010
Oil drilling already ongoing in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Leases originated before regulations
Rick Berg’s suggestion to drill for oil under western North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park has sparked passionate debate, but it already happened.
October 21, 2010
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- Graphic: Oil wells
- Two oil pumping stations near Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- Democratic incumbent Earl Pomeroy says oil drilling 35 years ago does not set a precedent that new drilling should take place now.
- Republican challenger Rick Berg says the debate about oil drilling in national parks "spun out of control" and his focus is on federal lands, not on national parks.
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- Should there be any new oil drilling under Theodore Roosevelt National Park?
Berg, Pomeroy tackle Social Security
ND House candidates have own proposals to keep system viable
The Social Security system faces a basic economic problem: too much demand, not enough supply.
October 17, 2010
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Bring balance to Social Security
I ask Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., to please explain why we should not have a balanced investment program with Social Security, just as our 401(k)s, IRAs and the like.
By Bruce A. Nelson , September 22, 2010
Hoeven disagrees on Social Security proposal
Republican U.S. Senate candidate and North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven doesn’t agree with a recent proposal by a Republican colleague that the Social Security system can be bolstered by using money from oil drilling in national parks.
September 11, 2010
Pomeroy hides his record
The recent Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., commercial blaming state Rep. Rick Berg, R-Fargo, for voting to privatize Social Security is just plain pathetic.
By John H. Serati , September 04, 2010
Bernie Madoff would like Tracy Potter’s proposal
This letter-writer has been on a 25-year mission to educate himself about our government-sponsored retirement plan.
By Keith Berg , August 25, 2010
Proposal: Tax all income for Social Security:
BISMARCK — North Dakota's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate says the Social Security tax should be paid on all wage income.
By Associated Press , August 13, 2010
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