Social Security Benefits for spouse

A Colorado resident discusses her personal experiences dealing with social security, and the ways that Barack's plans will maintain this important government program.

As part of the Obama campaigns Women for the Change We Need Week of Action, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton got together for a conversation with women on the issues that are most important to them.

Hear about why American seniors are excited to support Barack Obama.

Meet the newest Social Security reform publicity tool, 9-year-old Noah McCullough: presidential trivia whiz, five time "Tonight Show" guest and all-around little turd.

In 2001 President Bush established a bipartisan commission to study and report recommendations for restoring fiscal soundness to the current Social Security program. All three of the commission's models for reforming the system included the creation of individually controlled retirement accounts—a process commonly referred to as "privatizing Social Security." Some critics of the proposals argue that Social Security is not in as much trouble as the president's commission would have us believe and that major reform is unnecessary. Other critics say that creating private accounts will compound Social Security's problems rather than solve them. Who's right, the president's commission or its critics?

Franklin D. Roosevelt created Social Security as a safety net for seniors so they would never be eaten by hoboes or washed by a monkey.

President George W. Bush holds a town hall style meeting of pre-selected audience members to agree with him about his plan to fix Social Security.

President George W. Bush has intentionally not laid out a plan for Social Security.

The president is worried that in 2042, seniors will have a hard time getting their Social Security checks from the ruthless cyborgs that will control the earth.