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Making (and keeping) your “Golden Years” Golden
In this article appearing at Yahoo! Finance, contributor Cameron Huddleston discusses the potential downsides of retirement. Sure, everyone hopes and strives for their golden years to be comfortable, but even the best of retirement plans can go awry. The opportunities…
Social Security 101
Sometimes, we get so caught up in the details we can’t, as the saying goes, “see the forest for the trees.” Social Security is, of course, a fundamentally complex program simply because it is designed to accommodate many millions of…
About Social Security’s Customer Service
Have you mailed something to Social Security and find yourself still waiting anxiously for a response? Well, though it’s little comfort, you’re not alone because Social Security still has a huge backlog of unprocessed mail it is struggling to catch…
Democrats Up the Ante on Social Security Giveaways
Proposals by Democrats are aplenty each congressional session promising enhanced Social Security benefits, whether as cost of living adjustments, one-time payments, or permanent minimum benefit increases. The problem with nearly all, which are intentionally written to be enticing to the…
Despite Looming Insolvency, Sen. Sanders says “Expand Social Security”
Rule number one has always been, when in a hole, stop digging. But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is convinced Social Security benefits can and should be expanded, despite demographic headwinds like increasing longevity and declining birthrates that are hindering the…
Lawmakers must act responsibly on behalf of all Americans
Max Richtman, president and CEO of the nonprofit National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, has an op-ed here imploring members of Congress to be responsible as they wrestle with Social Security’s financial woes. Richtman is quite critical of…
A Peek and a Guess at 2023 Social Security Benefits
Next year’s Social Security benefits will be much higher than those paid in 2022. But by how much? Dan Avery explores that question in this piece from CNET.com. The May year over year consumer price index has inflation at 8.6%.…
Happy Independence Day!
We at Social Security Report have a little historical trivia here for July 2-4. First, read this letter from John Adams of Massachusetts to his wife Abigail, written July 2nd (yes 2nd), after The Second Continental Congress voted to approve a…
Another Call for Social Security Reform
The Motley Fool’s Maurie Backman, in a post on richmond.com, sounds the alarm yet again calling for legislative attention to address Social Security’s solvency problem. As her article suggests, “…lawmakers have a prime opportunity to prevent a universal reduction in…
Immigration and Our Social Security System…A Frequently Misunderstood Subject
In 1936, one year after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 into law, he commemorated the Statue of Liberty’s 50th Anniversary with a speech honoring the icon’s role in shaping America’s past. He spoke of…