Democrats Rip GOP on Social Security Plan

The Republican plan to privatize Social Security could cause huge debt for decades, a Democratic candidate seeking a House seat in Iowa, a state with a high concentration of elderly residents, said Saturday.

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Navy Data Again Found on Public Web Site

For the second time in two weeks, Social Security numbers and other personal information of Navy personnel have been discovered on an Internet site, triggering an investigation.

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Red Cross Laptop With Donor Data Stolen

A laptop containing personal information from thousands of blood donors — including Social Security numbers and medical information — was stolen from a local office of the American Red Cross, but officials said the information was encrypted.

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Hacker Gets Into Neb. Child-Support System

A hacker broke into the child-support computer system run by the state Treasurer's office and may have obtained names, Social Security numbers and other information of 300,000 people and 9,000 employers.

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FBI Says Data on VA Laptop Not Accessed

Social Security numbers and other personal data on 26.5 million veterans and military troops were not copied from a Veterans Affairs computer missing for eight weeks, the FBI said Thursday.

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VA Worker Had OK for Data Later Stolen

Lawmakers say they want to know whether a Veterans Affairs employee was being unfairly blamed for losing veterans' personal information, citing newly disclosed documents showing he had received permission to work on the data from home.

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2 Ohio University Graduates Sue University

Two Ohio University graduates whose Social Security numbers were among 173,000 possibly stolen from school computers have filed a lawsuit, alleging their right to privacy has been violated.

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Sailors' Personal Data Posted on the Web

The Navy has begun a criminal investigation after Social Security numbers and other personal data for 28,000 sailors and family members were found on a civilian Web site.

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Hacker Enters Agriculture Dept. Computers

A hacker broke into the Agriculture Department's computer system and may have obtained names, Social Security numbers and photos of 26,000 Washington-area employees and contractors, the department said Wednesday.

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Victims of Data Breaches Need to Monitor

The loss of a computer with the Social Security numbers and other personal data of some 26.5 million Americans who served in the armed forces is the latest reminder of how vulnerable consumers are in the information age.

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Ohio U. Suspends Two Over Hackers' Theft

Ohio University said Tuesday it has suspended two information technology supervisors over recent breaches by hackers who may have stolen 173,000 Social Security numbers from school computers.

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Equifax: Laptop With Employee Data Stolen

Equifax Inc., one of the nation's three major credit bureaus, said Tuesday a company laptop containing employee names and Social Security numbers was stolen from an employee who was traveling by train near London.

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Laptop With D.C. Workers' Data Stolen

A laptop containing the Social Security numbers and other personal data of 13,000 District of Columbia employees and retirees has been stolen, officials said.

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Encryption Can Save Data in Laptop Lapses

Reports of data theft often conjure up images of malicious hackers breaking into remote databases to filch Social Security numbers, credit card records and other personal information.

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Man Denies Trying to Help Terrorists

A former graduate student testified Friday he used a fake Social Security number to obtain credit cards but denied accusations that he tried to help terrorists.

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IDs Stolen for Work a Growing Problem

Audra Schmierer's Social Security number really gets around. It has been used by at least 81 people in 17 states, most of them probably illegal immigrants trying to get work.

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Data Breach Victims Need to Monitor Credit

The loss of a computer with the Social Security numbers and other personal data of some 26.5 million Americans who served in the armed forces is the latest reminder of how vulnerable consumers are in the information age.

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Energy Dept. Tells Workers of Data Theft

Energy Department officials have informed nearly 1,500 individuals that their Social Security numbers and other information may have been compromised when a hacker gained entry to a department computer system eight months ago, a spokesman said Monday.

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DOE Computers Hacked; Info on 1,500 Taken

A hacker stole a file containing the names and Social Security numbers of 1,500 people working for the Energy Department's nuclear weapons agency.

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Democrats Try to Save Poverty Survey

Democratic lawmakers say Congress will be working in the dark on big issues such as Social Security and Medicaid if the Census Bureau eliminates a unique survey of poverty and income.

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Medicare Beneficiary Data Left in Hotel

Social Security numbers and other personal information for nearly 17,000 Medicare beneficiaries could have been compromised when an insurance company employee called up the data through a hotel computer and then failed to delete the file.

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Fake ID Sellers Dismiss Tamperproof Push

Luis Hernandez just laughs as he sells fake driver's licenses and Social Security cards to illegal immigrants near a park known for shady deals. The joke — to him and others in his line of work — is the government's promise to put people like him out of business with a tamperproof national ID card.

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Univ. of Ky. Posts Employee Data Online

The University of Kentucky inadvertently posted about 1,300 employee Social Security numbers on a Web site that was accessible to the public for several weeks last month.

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Stolen VA Data Goes Beyond Initial Reports

Personal information on 26.5 million veterans that was stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month not only included Social Security numbers and birthdates but in many cases phone numbers and addresses, internal documents show.

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Chile to Revamp Private Soc. Sec. System

When Chile implemented its private social security system in 1980, it was considered something of a revolution in Latin America, where poorly financed, often broke, state-controlled systems were the rule.

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Straights sue to block Ariz. marriage ban

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'Do-Nothing' Label May Haunt Congressional Republicans in 2006 Campaigns

Republicans head into the final stretch of what Democrats are calling a "do-nothing Congress" that has achieved none of the key items of President Bush's agenda.

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The Welfare State's Attack on the Family

"Most people listening to libertarian ideas are thrown off by the thought that private charity, in absence of government programs, will handle problems involving truly helpless people.

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Iowa Dem Blasts Republican Plan on Social Security

He wants a job. He is looking to scare the elderly in Iowa, a state with the fourth largest percentage of elderly in the nation, into believing that Republicans are trying to increase their cat food intake.

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Back from the Dead - The President's Plan To Kill Social Security Could Rise Again

All it would take is five more conservative Senators to revive Bush's plan, according to Grover Norquist.From the article: Plans to resuscitate President Bush's stone-cold proposal to turn Social Security from a guaranteed insurance program into a patchwork of private savings a …

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Catawba County schools sue Google over breach

"School system officials say Google broke through the password and username protected server the information was stored in and took a photo of the page, which it posted to the Internet." -- ummmmmmm....

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Democrats’ new direction: Same as the old direction

House and Senate Democratic leaders held a press conference on June 16 to announce their bold, new policy initiatives in a plan called New Direction.

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Porn-Surfing Oregon Worker Exposes 2,200 Taxpayer IDs

The identities included Social Security numbers, names, and addresses, and were transmitted to an unknown hacker by the keylogging Trojan horse that was on a PC in the state agency where the employee has been working.

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A Bush Comeback?

From the article: The timing of the Bush-boosting events is pivotal. If they happened in the days just before November 7 election, they probably wouldn't have much impact on the vote.

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There's No Security Like Reactive Security

After a laptop with the personal information of millions of veterans and military personnel was stolen from a Department of Veterans Affairs employee, the agency's decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and recall all its laptops so their security software can be reviewed.

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Dave Barry on Retirement

This was an entertaining read and funny because it's all too real. From the article: So maybe you should consider some alternatives to retiring, such as . . . OK, here's one: not retiring.

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Proposed Temporary Worker National ID Program Raises Concerns

President Bush has endorsed a national identification process for temporary workers that uses biometric technology. The plan is part of the immigration reform bill now in a congressional conference committee. A national identification program has been contentious for some time.

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Illegals Have More Rights than People Here Legally

From Social Security to College Tuition the facts that Dr. Sowell points out are unfair to legal residents, natural born, and naturalized citizens. From the article: If an American citizen forges a Social Security card in order to get a job, he can be arrested.

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Be a fiscal patriot: die early and save your government from bankruptcy

This may come as a shock to some people, but once you retire, you're of no financial use to the government of the country in which you live, and thus the government has no financial incentive whatsoever to invest in your longevity or long-term health.

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Beacon Journal | 05/22/2006 | Disability program's work limitations unique

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Not just immigration: It's societal transformation

From the Washington Times: "The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment." Well, I think that's the kind of moderate compromise "comprehensive immigration reform" package all Americans can support, don't

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The young adults need financial advice, too

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Illegals granted Social Security

The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment -- even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents.

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How to Retire without Social Security

I wrote the following nearly a year ago as a follow up to a couple of articles I did on the importance of privatizing Social Security. How privatizing Social Security could change it from a welfare Ponzi scheme to a plan that would provide most people with a decent retirement.

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Congress eyes restrictions on use of Social Security numbers

The possibility that U.S. lawmakers might restrict the widespread use of Social Security numbers in commerce because of consumer privacy issues is prompting concern in the financial services industry.

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50 Year Mortgages, in 30 years we will have the poorest elderly population in the history of the US

I believe there is a trend happening in the mortgage market, a trend which started about 5 years ago and seems to only be getting worse, that is going to deprive people of the security of building equity in and one day owning their home.

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WP: An Irresponsible President

SHEER COINCIDENCE: Last Monday, the Social Security and Medicare trustees released their annual depressing report. On Tuesday, congressional negotiators handed President Bush a "victory" -- his assessment -- in agreeing to extend his capital gains and dividend tax cuts. Mr.

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Medicare: Broke by 2018

Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund, a widely watched gauge of the program's solvency, will run out of money in 2018, two years earlier than projected in last year's report, the trustees said.

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Trustees report: Social Security, Medicare to run out sooner

The trustees of Social Security and Medicare now estimate that the Social Security trust fund will be exhausted in 2040 while the Medicare trust fund will be depleted in 2018, slightly sooner than previously forecast.

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Dean says Bush "cut and run" on Katrina

Democratic Party chief Howard Dean said on Saturday the Bush administration had "cut and run" on Gulf Coast hurricane recovery and created a political legacy of deficits, divisiveness and deceit.

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