Digesting President Trump’s Retirement Plan Announcement

An estimated fifty million Americans have no formal retirement plan, and the average person receiving retirement benefits collects roughly $24,000 per year[1]. Accordingly, most retired workers rely on Social Security as a significant portion of their retirement income. For many…

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CBO Weighs In on Insolvency Projections

Although the official 2026 Social Security Trustees Report is still weeks away, most insolvency forecasts have been centered on 2032 as the date of full depletion for the program’s trust fund reserves. The  Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently cemented this…

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Social Security Insolvency: A Contrarian Viewpoint

Social Security’s looming insolvency is drawing increasing attention in a growing number of media outlets, including those affiliated with prominent think tanks providing policy assistance to legislative bodies. Within this swell of attention, there seems to be a consistent view,…

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Social Security Solvency: Is Social Security Going Bankrupt? 

Mention Social Security, and you’re likely to encounter the rumor that the program is headed for bankruptcy. Here’s the real story. The AMAC Foundation’s Social Security Advisory Service fields thousands of questions yearly from the public, and many of these deal with basic misunderstandings about Social Security and…

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How Social Security Death Data bolstered Treasury’s Do Not Pay system 

Improper payments by the federal government are not a new phenomenon. Improper payments have been a longstanding, widespread, and significant problem, costing taxpayers an estimated $2.8 trillion in the last two decades. To reduce these improper payments, a pilot program…

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“Ask Rusty – I Lost Money as a Widow and Ex-spouse by Not Knowing the Rules”

Dear Rusty: I just found out, as someone who was collecting widow’s benefits on my second husband (a very small amount) for some time, that I was, all along, entitled to divorce benefits from my first husband which are much…

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