During the Great Depression, my great grandfather and other farmers in Wisconsin organized penny auctions to help prevent ...

The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – a food aid scheme for Americans living in deep poverty – ...

That is of course, if Social Security lasts long enough for you to reach that age, with new data showing the program is likely to run out of money by 2034. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed ...

The Great Depression hit the business hard and, according to an article in the April 20, ... Trump no FDR on Social Security. FDR signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935.

Key Points. The Social Security Trustees just released their annual report. It found that the program’s trust funds are expected to run dry a year earlier than in previous estimates.

They now predict that Social Security’s fund will run out of money in 2033, or in 2034 if Congress changes the law to combine the separate funds for old-age benefits and for disability insurance.

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminated the WEP and GPO rules, and as a result, some people are in line to receive up to $1,000 or more monthly from the government. Read: Trump Proposed ...