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Who’s Really Paying for Your Social Security Benefits?
A simple question such as “where do my monthly benefit checks come from” is generally not well not understood by most Americans, as a typical reply might be this– “it’s my money; I paid in; I’m getting it back.” Wrong! Dan Caplinger…
Social Security Benefits for Divorced Spouses
Most people are aware that Social Security may provide benefits to a married spouse, even if the spouse never worked outside the home. But many aren’t aware that a divorced spouse may also be eligible for benefits from their ex,…
Gray divorce can throw your retirement plans into disarray
According to data from the Pew Research Center, divorce rates among people over 50 have doubled since the 1990s. “Gray divorce” can be particularly disorienting for spouses who sideline a career to raise a family and have little or no…
The Retirement World is Changing
“The retirement world is changing” claims this article by renowned financial expert Mary Beth Franklin, appearing in Investment News. And Ms. Franklin goes on to clearly articulate why retirement planning now isn’t what it used to be. Today, retirees need to…
Claiming SS Too Early Can Hurt Your Surviving Spouse
Much has been written on the wisdom of selecting the best age for you, as an individual, to claim your Social Security benefit. If you claim early, your benefit will be cut. If you wait longer your benefit will be…
What’s Causing Social Security’s Financial Woes?
By now, most Americans have heard that Social Security will be facing some serious financial issues in the not-too-distant future. True, the calls for reforming the program have eased in the past couple of years, largely because our roaring economy has allowed…
What Every Candidate for Federal Office SHOULD Say About Social Security
Everyone’s Social Security benefits are going to be cut 20% or more in just over a decade, from the 95-year old widow eating tuna out of a can to the checks received by the likes of the Bezos, Trumps, and Bloombergs of…
Democrats spar and Trump weighs in on Social Security
It’s been the third rail of politics for a long time– “touch it and you die.” The “it” is Social Security and even Medicare. The Washington Post dives into the continuing back and forth between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden…
Which Joe Biden will fix what ails Social Security?
“When I argued that we should freeze federal spending, I meant Social Security as well.” So said Joe Biden– in 1995. He’s not getting much love in a Democrat primary, especially from Socialist Bernie Sanders, for taking that courageous view of the…
Which Democrat is most committed to protecting Social Security?
Paul Waldman’s op-ed in The Washington Post takes readers through the positions of the Democrat candidates on Social Security. They are more similar than different, in that nearly all favor tax and benefit increases of some nature. All also oppose…