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Putting 2034 in Perspective
Quite a bit has been written over the past year or two about Social Security’s date with the depletion of its reserve funds, with 2034 positioned as the project year the Trust Fund reserves would reach zero. Contrary to popular…
Immigration and the Impact on Social Security’s Future
With border control and the focus on illegal immigration so much in the news these days, it’s easy to lose perspective on the positive role that immigration–legal immigration–plays in the current and future Social Security financing situation. With the current…
Public Interest in Social Security Reform Continues to Build
Not unexpectedly, the level of interest in Social Security and its looming solvency issues appears to be reaching new heights. The January 31 announcements surrounding the John Larson (D; Conn) Social Security 2100 Act, coupled with Bernie Sanders’ reintroduction last week…
Social Security 2100 – Another Look at the Details
In an in-depth article today on nationalreview.com, American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Andrew Biggs analyzes the long-term implications of the recently-announced Social Security 2100 Act, challenging several of the Act’s benefit assumptions. Biggs examines how the retirement picture for the poorest workers would evolve under…
The Search for Public Policy to Aid Women in Retirement
The statistics are discouraging…women face an elevated risk of falling into poverty in their later years, and the causes are numerous. For example, women typically have more zero-earning years in their work records for Social Security benefit calculations, their income-earning careers…
The Social Security 2100 Act – A Look at the Details
The Social Security 2100 Act is now back in the limelight in Congress, with the apparent support of over 200 members of the Democrat-controlled House. And as The Motley Fool’s Sean Williams points out in an article titled “This Highly…
Social Security Trust Fund reserves grew slightly in 2018
Although the Trustee’s Report predicted last year that, for the first time since 1982, Social Security’s Trust Fund would be needed to pay full benefits starting in 2018, that turned out to be an incorrect forecast. – the Social Security…
Oh No!!!! Still another Social Security phone scam.
It seems to be relentless – the ends to which criminals will go to try and get at your money. Right on the heels of the scam where impersonators say your Social Security benefits are being suspended unless you pay…
A big issue for the 2020 election: Social Security
With a great deal of fanfare about the Social Security 2100 Act by Democrats in the new Congress, Social Security is receiving a lot of attention in the media these days. While passage of this bill as currently written is highly improbable, it should still…
Waiting to claim benefits is often, but not always, a good choice
Most advisors will counsel that the longer you wait to claim Social Security, the more your benefit will be. And, provided it is permitted by health and financial status, this is wise counsel in most cases when talking about one’s…