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Many Latinos have no retirement savings, study shows
Fewer than half Latino workers have retirement plans on the job, leaving the vast majority of them with no savings designated for their golden years, according to a report to be released recently. Americans of all races face the growing prospect…
How retirement systems vary, country to country
Retirement systems vary widely from country to country. In China, policymakers are just beginning to expand retirement benefits to everyone. In Australia, people have been compelled for years to save for their own retirements. Italy and Germany are raising retirement…
6 must-read retirement books for 2014
There’s no better season than the present to read books that bring good tidings, tested strategies and sound advice about how to live healthier, happier lives in the year—and years—ahead. Here are recommendations, from The Wall Street Journal’s guide to…
Deterring fraud and identity theft
(SCAM ALERT: Recent news media reports indicate an increasing number of Social Security scams. You are encouraged to read this article and other Latest Posts for your protection and to convey this information to family and friend.) During the holiday…
DON’T WORSEN SOCIAL SECURITY’S SOARING COST PROBLEM
Followers of politics may have noticed a recent push from the left to expand Social Security benefits above and beyond the current-law growth schedule (which itself remains unfinanced). Such an expansion has received support from moveon.org, Paul Krugman, and even from some…
How The Christmas Song Came to Be
The editorial staff at AMAC and the AMAC Foundation wish you the very best this Holiday Season! And the spirit of the season, we’re departing from our normal “Headline News” format with this historical account of one of America’s most…
KOPE: Finding a permanent fix to the Sustainable Growth Rate
Medicine is a noble profession reaching far back into the history of the world. From the days of ancient Greeks to the current day, physicians have been respected for their skills and abilities to relieve pain and cure illness. Medicine is also a…
Hope for getting better help for boomer retirees | Scott Burns
Most soon-to-be retirees won’t know what they missed. They’ll just know that life seems a lot more difficult for them than for their parents. They won’t know exactly why. So let me tell you about a change that may help the…
America’s Jump From Economic Crisis To Retirement Crisis
Over and over again, America’s seniors are being told they must foot the bill for fiscal failures which have already left them facing a weakened and tenuous retirement. In Detroit, a bankruptcy judge has ruled the city can cut pension payments to…
THEN & NOW: Preaching against the odds
For the past two years, the Rev. Tom Clement hasn’t just fought against the degenerative disease that some predicted would have killed him by now.He and his wife, Hye Kyong, have had to battle the government for his Social Security…