A Check for Social Security« Thread Started on Nov 3, 2007,
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:28 pmA Check for Social Security« Thread Started on Nov 3, 2007, 10:57am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Check for Social SecurityBy Stephen BarrFriday, November 2, 2007; Page D04 read at source> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... newsletter
The Social Security Administration -- where staffing is at its lowest levels since the 1970s and the number of disability claims are at an all-time high -- got some hopeful news on its budget yesterday. The House and Senate appropriations committees agreed to provide the agency with $9.9 billion for operations in fiscal 2008. That is $275 million more than the Bush administration requested and probably enough to keep Social Security from drowning, at least for the short term, in its growing workload.
The Social Security Administration -- where staffing is at its lowest levels since the 1970s and the number of disability claims are at an all-time high -- got some hopeful news on its budget yesterday. The House and Senate appropriations committees agreed to provide the agency with $9.9 billion for operations in fiscal 2008. That is $275 million more than the Bush administration requested and probably enough to keep Social Security from drowning, at least for the short term, in its growing workload.