Today’s Hearing on Social Security

Commissioner for the Social Security Administration has concerns about the budget. He is in the middle of trying to resolve a staffing crisis so the agency can efficiently serve the needs of the American people. Others want to cut his…

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Social Security: The insolvency problem & a balanced solution to it

What’s all this talk about Social Security’s problems all of a sudden? Why not just leave the program alone? Is Social Security going bankrupt? So what can be done? Are there pros and cons to each? Why not just raise…

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Retirement Rules for people including one on Social Security

Addie Johnson Talbott has a piece here on the 14 rules for retirement. Those familiar with the topic will recognize much of the advice, namely that one should not plan to rely on Social Security to make ends meet. Alarmingly,…

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Crisis: Social Security Backlogs

Understaffing at the Social Security Administration has caused a backlog of more than a million cases. The agency actually has fewer employees than 25 years ago despite millions more baby boomers retiring and needing services. The author quotes several people,…

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Will Social Security be around when you retire?

Andrew Dorn goes through the challenges facing the Social Security program here. He notes scheduled benefits have always been paid in its nearly 90-year history. That would change in about a decade absent reform by Congress, as the funds are…

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“Ask Rusty – Husband Upset about HIs Wife’s Survivor Benefit”

Dear Rusty: This is a matter that I find particularly irksome. My wife – a retired teacher – was told that, should I pre-decease her, she is not eligible to get survivor benefits from my Social Security payments. I’m sure…

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