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Happy New Year !!!!
The staff at the AMAC Foundation and the editorial staff at socialsecurityreport.org extend our wishes for a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We hope that 2020 is filled with blessings for you and your entire family.
Spotlight on Survivor Benefits
Most people think of Social Security as their earned retirement benefit, and that is certainly true. But Social Security is so much more than just a retiree benefit for working Americans! Indeed, one of the most important aspects of Social…
Social Security’s future: Bankruptcy not in the picture, but cuts could be
It’s probably no secret to anyone that Social Security is facing some financial difficulties. That fact has been all over the news, rampant on social media, and the topic of many chain emails floating around the internet. Some of what you…
Social Security…Looking Ahead to 2020
Columnist Tom Margenau, posting on www.tucson.com, provides a comprehensive look at the year ahead for Social Security, His article addresses next year’s cost-of-living adjustment for beneficiaries, along with a discussion of supporters and critics of this program provision. He also…
Rep. Larson Makes His Case for Social Security Reform
Much has been written this year about Social Security’s looming financial crisis. Specifically, the bulk of the attention is focused on the projected draining of the program’s trust fund reserves between now and 2035, a forecast issued earlier this year in…
Christmas Greetings from the Social Security Report Editorial Staff!
On behalf of the AMAC Foundation and it’s constituency, the Social Security Report’s editorial staff extends to all of its readers a sincere wish for peace, comfort, and joy during this Holiday Season. And in keeping with the spirit of…
Expert Viewpoints on the SECURE Act
Investment Advisor magazine’s executive managing editor Ginger Szala, in a post on www.thinkadvisor.com, takes a look at the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act signed into law last week. Her article features commentary from Ted Benna, Morningstar’s Christine…
Dealing With the “Retirement Savings Dilemma”
With some surveys suggesting that a mere one out of three workers will be financially able to retire comfortably at age 67, the question of when to exit the workforce is coming into sharp focus. In fact, a recent survey suggests that…
Question: why don’t people save more for retirement?
If you were to type “why don’t Americans save more for retirement” into a search engine, you would get some diametrically opposed answers in the search replies. One is the liberal or leftist view that people don’t make enough and…
Should Social Security be transformed into “welfare?” AMAC says “No.”
“Social Security does not offer anyone… an easy life—nor was it ever intended to do so.” You might be surprised who uttered this phrase. It was Franklin Roosevelt, the father of the program, in a 1938 radio address, three years…