LBJ and Social Security—Another Hotbed of Misunderstanding 

Lyndon B. Johnson, our 36th president, is remembered for many things, from his traumatic ascension to the presidency in the aftermath of President John Kennedy’s assassination to his pushing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the finish line and his historic signing of Medicare…

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An Onerous Task for Congress: Social Security Reform

Social Security’s Trust Fund reserves are forecast to be fully depleted by the end of the year 2032. If that happens, everyone then receiving monthly Social Security payments will have those payments cut by an estimated 22%. What would that…

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Resolving an Overpayment of your Social Security Benefits

No one likes to repay Social Security money they have received (and likely have already spent). But mistakes do sometimes happen, usually due to a beneficiary’s lack of knowledge of Social Security’s rules or, sometimes, because the Social Security Administration…

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Social Security Insolvency: An Intergenerational Dilemma!

These days, the media is full of stories about Social Security’s financial status, with much emphasis on possible benefit cuts beginning in about the year 2032. And with that widespread coverage, many are nervous about the nation’s primary retirement program…

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Reform Social Security by Taxing Corporations who use Independent Contractors?

Here at the AMAC Foundation, we are acutely aware that Congress must reform Social Security soon to avoid an across-the-board 22% cut in every beneficiaries monthly SS payment. That was emphatically clear in the recent report by the Trustees of…

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“Ask Rusty – I Was Cheated; I Delayed Claiming SS but Didn’t Get My Full Benefits”

 Dear Rusty:  I’m 70 now and took my Social Security benefits at age 68. Social Security would not allow me to take all my increased percentage earned by waiting until age 68 to claim.  My local Social Security office said I would get an increased…

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