25 June 2018 Claims that lawmakers voted to spend a Social Security surplus to pay off government debt stem from an alarmist account of a failed balanced budget amendment.
24 January 2018 The Arkansas Republican has supported drug screening for welfare programs, but never for Social Security.
7 July 2017 In which we check into some "fun facts" about Social Security in a Facebook meme saying the government should stop "messing" with retirement benefits.
23 June 2017 The "Atlas Shrugged" author called government handouts "immoral," but there is evidence that she accepted Social Security benefits in her later years — and that it was consistent with her worldview to do so.
30 December 2016 A new Social Security Administration rule would extend gun background check reporting to some Social Security recipients.
11 April 1999 Rumor claims the U.S. government assigns Social Security numbers on the basis of race, a practice that permits employers to screen applicants and weed out those of color.
10 December 2016 The unveiling of a Republican plan to "permanently save Social Security" by cutting some benefits has some wondering what will happen next.
1 June 2016 In a discussion of Social Security, Fox News contributor Michelle Fields opined that "we shouldn't just give money to people simply because they are old."
20 July 2015
23 July 2012 An item criticizing multiple aspects of the Social Security system gets nearly everything wrong.
10 March 2015 Rumor: Article lists senators who 'voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits.'
24 May 2014 Rumor: President Eisenhower once warned about a political party that wanted to 'abolish social security.'
