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3 Numbers You Need to Know about Social Security and Your Retirement
(Source – www.brightscope.com) What if you told someone that they could have a guaranteed revenue stream with inflation protection to help meet their retirement needs? They would probably be interested and a bit surprised to realize that you were talking about…
In N.H. forum, Christie touts Social Security changes, drug policies
(By – Matt Arco and Christopher Baxter, www.nj.com) With his campaign for the presidency bet squarely on New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Christie on Monday fielded questions right in his political wheelhouse, including how to tackle big problems like Social Security and the…
Retirement fear: Inflation
By – Joseph A. Clark, www.usatoday.com) When you were a kid, did you fear monsters hiding in your closet or under your bed? You’re no kid anymore and new fears haunt you — such as running out of money in retirement after…
Social Security and the importance of a word
(By – Scott Burns, www.dallasnews.com) The Social Security trustees released their new report last Wednesday. Hours later, Huffington Post writer Nancy Altman posted a story with this headline: “2015 Trustees Report Confirms That Expanding Social Security Is Fully Affordable.” Altman is co-founder…
Social Security Cuts Are Coming
(By – Aaron Bandler, townhall.com) Social Security is known as the “third rail” of politics because of how politically sensitive it is. Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to take away your Social Security every campaign cycle, it seems. But what politicians don’t tell…
More paying Obamacare fines as subsidies go to people who don’t exist
(By Eric Boehm, watchdog.org) The IRS fined more than 7.5 million Americans who didn’t have health insurance in 2014, even as Obamacare subsidies flowed to people who didn’t even exist. It reported last week the number of Americans who faced fines because…
Time is Running Out to Fix Social Security
(By – Charles Blahous, via economics21.org) Last week saw the publication of the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees’ reports, along with an accompanying summary. The occasion was bittersweet for me, these being the last such reports in which I participated as…
No cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security in 2016?
(By – JASON J. FICHTNER, MERCATUS CENTER AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY) Lost in the news surrounding the release of the 2015 Social Security Trustees report is the likelihood that Social Security beneficiaries won’t see a cost-of-living adjustment increase, or COLA, in 2016.…
Supporting the Americans with Disabilities Act
(By – Phil Gambino, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Communications, socialsecurity.gov) Social Security is committed to the principles and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to improve the lives of our beneficiaries and our employees who have one or more disabilities. You…
Social Security Is Under Fire But It Is Here to Stay
(By – Jamie Hopkins, Forbes Contributor) For the past few years, the Annual Social Security Trustee Report has effectively served as a yearly reminder to the American public of the grave funding issues threatening the solvency of the most important retirement…