Trustees’ Annual Report Highlights Social Security Strengths The 2011 annual report of the Social Security Trustees was published in May, 2011.  The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare provides an introduction to the report summary, including highlights from the report: “Throughout our nation’s recent recession, Social Security has demonstrated its strength by paying [...]

Shared Sacrifice Should Include the Mega-Rich An opinion article by Warren Buffett in the August 14, New York Times, confirms what SCJ has been writing about for over a year now.  He says, “OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends [...]

Simpson Compares Social Security to Milk Cow Last year (August, 2010) Alan Simpson, retired senator from Wyoming and Co-Chair of the deficit commission, said about senior citizens, “We had the greatest generation–I think this is the greediest generation.” He went on to compare Social Security to a milk cow with 310 million teats. // Really, [...]

A friend sent me an interesting email that illustrates the Social Security Trust Fund issue well.  The author/originator of this information is not identified, so unfortunately, we cannot give appropriate credit.// The comparison is made between what Bernie Madoff did with his Ponzi scheming over the years, and how elected officials have handled the Social [...]

Last night, President Obama asked voters to contact our elected officials in Washington DC to let them know what we think about the shenanigans (our word, not his) going on there.  The SCJ Editorial Staff encourages you to contact them by email or telephone today.  The more they hear how strongly we feel about protecting [...]

A recent publication SCJ received provides some good advice and information about taxes, the national debt, federal deficits and senior citizens.  Edward Jones Investment Company offers a well-balanced perspective on the national ills we seniors are currently facing.// What the article does not address is the question SCJ continues to put on the front burner:  [...]

Fear-Mongering Myths We’ve said this before, but sometimes people need a second (or third) rap on the head to understand reality.  So let’s look at Social Security Mythology again… there are two big ones out there that need to be exposed. Some in this world still believe Social Security is going broke.  That – just [...]

Editor’s Note: SCJ invites Guest Articles and Editorials from time to time.  This is one contributed by Dave Shaw, a cousin of one of the Senior Editor’s.  Dave writes a weekly blog with a spiritual bent and is devoting his time and talents to others in retirement.  Giving back is just one way seniors can [...]

Senior Citizen Journal now enjoys over 1350 pages of information helpful to seniors and Baby Boomers as we try to age productively.  We are pushing 110,000 visitors, and that means people are coming to SCJ looking for something.  Many of the search terms include Medicare and Social Security, so here is another guide to learning [...]

The Wall Street Journal’s lead article on May 26, 2011, is called, “Medicare Takes Spotlight“. The article is a response to the Democratic victory in a traditionally Republican New York Congressional district.  (D) Kathy Hochul defeated (R) Jane Corwin, who held fast to the position that Medicare should be radically changed and privatized.  But the article [...]