• SUBSCRIBE
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
The North State Journal
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Business
  • About
January 29, 2023

social security

Article

Social Security benefits to jump by 8.7% next year

October 14, 2022 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Millions of Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023. That’s a historic increase and welcome news for American retirees and others — but it’s tempered by […]

Article

BLAHOUS: Fixing the federal budget requires changing how entitlement programs spend

August 5, 2022 Charles Blahous

Though American politicians rarely acknowledge it, federal finances are relentlessly deteriorating almost entirely because of automatic growth in entitlement programs. We often lose sight of this reality whenever other events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Article

HILL: Social Security is the worst possible retirement plan

May 11, 2022 Frank Hill

Social Security is a bad deal for everyone. No one born after World War II will receive more in benefits than they paid in payroll taxes into Social Security. It is as if everyone is […]

Article

Fixing the federal budget requires changing how entitlement programs spend

April 26, 2022 Charles Blahous

Though American politicians rarely acknowledge it, federal finances are relentlessly deteriorating almost entirely because of automatic growth in entitlement programs. We often lose sight of this reality whenever other events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Opinion

MOORE: There goes grandma over the cliff

September 14, 2021 Stephen Moore

Democrats have made a living in recent times with political attack ads fallaciously accusing Republicans of secret plans to destroy Medicare and Social Security. In one famous TV ad, then-House Speaker Paul Ryan was depicted […]

Article

HILL: Build real equity, don’t just talk about it

February 10, 2021 admin

President Biden’s domestic policy advisor Susan Rice went to great lengths to explain how the Biden Administration was not only going to somehow wave a magic wand and proclaim “equality” in every federal agency but […]

Article

HILL: Boomers: You did it to yourselves

March 10, 2020 Frank Hill

Many of you supported the scare tactics of Democratic Party leaders such as Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. You heartily voted for them when they said […]

Opinion

HILL: One small step for social security

September 6, 2017 Frank Hill

Did you pay $100 to watch the Mayweather-McGregor fight? Such a small amount could be the key to saving Social Security for future generations. A major obstacle to transitioning to any new Social Security system […]

The Latest

  • Investigation into Beirut’s massive 2020 port blast resumes

    January 28, 2023
    BEIRUT — The judge investigating Beirut’s massive 2020 port blast resumed work Monday after a nearly 13-month halt, ordering the release of some detainees and announcing plans to charge others, including two top generals.  Judge Tarek [...]
  • Category 5: Hurricanes start home stand against Sharks
    January 27, 2023
  • Legendary college basketball announcer Billy Packer dies at 82
    January 27, 2023
  • THE WORD: Living up to lofty standards 
    January 21, 2023
  • Nine teachers named as regional Teachers of the Year
    January 19, 2023
  • US union membership rate hits all-time low despite campaigns 
    January 26, 2023
  • Debt ceiling: 2011 showdown leaves lessons for Biden, GOP
    January 26, 2023
  • Hurricanes stun Sharks with comeback win for the ages
    January 28, 2023
  • Hungary won’t veto EU arms funding to Ukraine, official says
    January 28, 2023
  • Nevada governor to expand on top priorities in key speech
    January 27, 2023
  • Category 5: Hurricanes start home stand against Sharks
    January 27, 2023
  • Biden pick Zients as his next chief of staff
    January 27, 2023
Current Print Issue

Embed:

The Whole State. The Whole Story.
Contact Us
Home
News
Subscribe
Site Map
Follow on Facebook

© 2022 — North State Media LLC