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Surviving Spouses in Retirement
Most retirement accounts and Social Security will allow you access to your deceased spouse’s benefits. However, this may be another case of just because you can doesn’t mean you should. There are many factors that should be taken in to…
Reality-Checking the Current Rhetoric on Social Security
In the wake of the recently issued Social Security trustee’s report, it’s important that anyone attempting to form a position on the various program expansion proposals popping up on campaign platforms clearly understand the implications. In a post titled “Separating…
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Acting Commissioner Colvin Comments on Social Security
In an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Business News Reporter Russell Grantham, Acting Social Security Commission Carolyn Colvin offers her perspective on the state of the program and provided conjecture on what will happen in the years ahead. The article concludes with…
Tools Available to Retirement Advisors
Social Security has had some radical changes in recent years regarding in rules and stipulations to different filing options. Many options were taken away and are no longer available leaving those that were planning on filing in those ways scrambling…
Solvency Projection May be Misleading
Many reports recently have stated that the Social Security trust fund will run out by 2030. However, that does not mean that we are fine until then. In the past 3 years the Social Security has had to borrow $200…
Proposals to Fix Social Security
More and more proposals are coming out on how to fix the Social Security solvency issue. This problem has gained a lot of traction in this election season and is becoming one of the bigger topics in politics. Many think…
Improving Poverty Rates in Retirement
There is a special safety net in place to make sure that there is a minimum amount you can collect from Social Security. At the moment this minimum is so low that it is largely irrelevant due to how it…
The “Retirement Crisis” in America
There has been much discourse recently on a “retirement crisis” in America. This crisis boils down to the difficulty in or the ineptitude of Americans to properly save and plan for retirement. Social Security is a great boon to those…
Rethinking Retirement Planning
One of the biggest fears among Baby Boomers is outliving their retirement savings. Over half of retirees share this sentiment. The best way to alleviate this fear is to have a full comprehensive plan laid out before you reach retirement.…