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Planning for the Best in Retirement
The old adage “Plan for the Best, Prepare for the Worst” may never be more apt that when dealing with retirement. Everyone plans for a good retirement, planning out what they will do with all their free time, where they…
Another Social Security Reform Plan
There is no shortage of proposed solutions on how to fix Social Security, the main thing missing from the equation is government support. The hardest part in fixing Social Security seems to be pulling the relevant political leaders together to…
Some Thoughts on the Social Security Retirement Earnings Tax
In an article posted on www.forbes.com, Contributor Neale Godfrey provides a thought-provoking look at the effects of the Social Security program’s tax on retirement earnings, and offers conjecture on what the benefit to the overall economy would be if earnings limits…
New Rules for Social Security
There are many things that you can miss when entering retirement. The Social Security Administration has ensured that nearing retirement is a hectic time in juxtaposition to the relaxing vacation that retirement is supposed to be. It is easy to…
Ensuring Fairness in Benefits
The Windfall Elimination Provision is set up to make sure that everyone receives and pays their fair share in Social Security. It may create a feel bad moment if it applies to you, but it should not be seen as…
Retirement Among Younger Generation
Boomers do not hold a monopoly on retirement. It is neither a new nor novel concept, although they have put their own unique flair on the outcome the process is still much the same. Save throughout working life in order…
New and Old Approaches to Social Security
As we say good bye to two Social Security filing tricks at the end of this month many people are left wondering how they will file in order to get the most that they can out of Social Security. Some…
Baby Boomer Approach to Cyber Security
Cyber security has been a hot topic recently. Protecting your identity has taken a whole new approach since the new millennium and some people are still trying to figure it all out. Being technologically illiterate is no longer an excuse…
The Continuing Longevity-Income Inequality Debate–Some New Thinking
The New Yorker’s Michael Specter interjects some new talking points into the ongoing discussion on relationships between life expectancy and income via his recap of a recently-published JAMA study (“The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014”).…
The Future of Social Security
Much has been said on the solvency of the Social Security system. It is widely accepted as fact that assuming no changes in the system that the fund will run dry by the 2030s. This is cause for some concern,…