Social Security

This morning – less than 24 hours before voting ends at 8pm on November 4th, in Nebraska’s Senatorial election – Ben Sasse published an opinion piece in the conservative National Review Online outlining a “bold agenda” for the next U.S. Senate. Sasse’s agenda is extreme, and his first priority is to destroy the most successful… Read More

Do you want Wall Street to manage Social Security? How old were you when you received your Social Security card? I was 16 and needed the card to begin working in a hospital. I remember looking at the Social Security reports every few years and watching the contributions rise. I was promised this money would… Read More

Aug. 14 marked the anniversary of one of America’s best-known and best-appreciated federal laws: the Social Security Act of 1935. Claiming Social Security benefits after 50 years in the workforce is the next stage of life for me. I have kept the faith that the program will be a stable and dependable source of income… Read More

My Grandma Minnie Hansen was a happy, loving person. Widowed at 64, she lived alone in her little house on Cedar Street in Coleridge NE (pop 600). Grandma enjoyed church on Sundays and card games with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren until she died — peacefully — at the age of 93. The family helped out… Read More