If Your Child Is Disabled, Social Security Benefits Will Help

It’s taxing enough being a full-time working parent with young kids but imagine having to raise a disabled child.  Thankfully, there are a slew of government programs that relieve the financial strains when it comes to raising a child with special needs. Social Security provides two types of disability coverage: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability…

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Senator Bernie Sanders Vows to Fight Obama’s Social Security Cuts

Erika J Mitchell / Shutterstock.com Bernie Sanders, an independent senator of Vermont, had held an 8.5-hour protest on the Senate floor in late 2010 to stop Barack Obama’s late 2010 tax deal with Republicans.  He failed.  Now Sanders, the Senate’s most liberal member, claims will do what it takes to prevent Obama’s push for cuts to Social…

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