Speaking of SS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5fp35XHk5g
. On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Excerpt: > > The Government Accountability Office provided a report on July 8 about the > social security statements thegovernment has used to inform the more than > 150 million workers who have paid into the social security system. > Traditionally the government sent out statements once a year, presumably to > help workers plan for retirement. > > With little fanfare, the Social Security Administration chose to suspend > mailings of the statement in March, 2011. The GAO said SSA made this > decision because of budget constraints. > > GAO said SSA has plans to provide online statements, but so far theres no > timeline and the plans have not been finalized. The online model is > currently in initial development phases said GAO. Nor does SSA have a cost > estimate for the new model. > > Read more here: > http://www.theusreport.com/the-us-report/2011/7/12/ssa-suspends-social-security-statements-expects-shortage-by.html > > If one were cynical, he might think that the SSA doesn't want people > thinking about SS's empty lockbox and that the budget had nothing to do with > cessation of the report. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm