US Politics

Social Security has gone through many changes since its inception in the 1930s, allowing for inflation and disability benefits; however, laws defining the normal retirement age were not changed...

Native Americans within the United States are subject to certain benefits. However, these benefits depend on whether a person is a member of a federally recognized tribe. As of 2009, 557 tribes...

The intention of the welfare system is to help those with financial challenges within the greater society to continue functioning and eventually become independent. These benefits include housing...

The executive branch, while based heavily around the activities of the president of the U.S., is actually one of the largest organizations in the country. Employees can work for one or many...

The GI Bill of Rights, officially the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, offers economic aid to veterans of the U.S. armed forces. Since its creation in 1944, the law has helped millions of veterans...

A federal program, food stamps help provide nutrition assistance to low-income families in the United States. In 2008, the program was renamed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP,...

The U.S. government offers its citizens various benefits, including financial assistance, health benefits and grants. There are programs for low-income people, disabled people, veterans, elderly...

Economists and policy makers have varied opinions as to the benefits of tax cuts and who gains the most from them. While tax cuts benefit consumers by letting them keep more of their own money,...

Federal regulations are lengthy, complicated, costly, intrusive, burdensome, bureaucratic, and written in a dry technical and legal jargon. They also help ensure safer food, cleaner air and...

The Constitutional rights that come with obtaining citizenship are the greatest gifts accorded a US Citizen. The Bill of Rights offers provisions that define the mandated, basic inalienable rights...

Under government-funded health insurance, also known as a single-payer health insurance system, the government collects all money for health care services and pays out all costs. Such a system...

From the Pilgrims in Massachusetts to the Dutch traders who settled New York City to the Quakers who sought religious freedom in Pennsylvania, America started as a nation of immigrants. Since that...

Social Security is a form of social insurance to protect individuals from financial hardships. Situations that affect one's ability to provide for his family include disability, death and...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the Committee on Economic Security in 1934. He proposed a program guaranteeing that all U.S. citizens have some kind of social system of support. In 1935, a...

Social security is a social welfare program for all Americans. Americans can receive social security benefits after retirement starting at age 62 or, sooner, if they are unable to work because of...

The Social Security system as currently designed is going to go bankrupt at some point within the next 40 years. To save the system, we must be creative. Here are some ideas to consider.