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How Inflation Affects Your Financial Future
People retiring today can expect to live another 20 years, according to Social Security figures. But in making our financial plans, we have to account for 30 more years, since roughly one in five of us will live past age…
UPDATE: 5 Social Security tax truths
While you hear a lot about the federal income tax, you don’t hear much about the Social Security tax. That’s odd because it’s just as expensive as the federal income tax for many folks, especially the self-employed. Here are five…
5 Startling States That Rely on Social Security the Most
Across the nation, millions of Americans rely on Social Security to give them the retirement income they need. But as it turns out, some states are much more dependent on Social Security than others, with a greater proportion of their…
What do young Americans fear most about the future?
Moderating a studio audience edition of Fox News, Sean Hannity engages a group of informed representatives of the “Millennial Generation” in an insightful discussion on their views for the future. The “millenials”–sometimes referred to as “Generation Y”–are given a forum,…
9 Social Security Statistics That Will Surprise You
We’re all familiar with Social Security – with what it is and how it might help us in retirement. But there’s still a lot we don’t know about it, some of which is important and some simply interesting. A great…
Harkin continues push for Social Security reforms
Heading into the final year of his Senate career before retirement, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is calling for reforms to Social Security to extend the life of the program and increase benefits to recipients. Read more… Notice: The “…
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert Joins AMAC Board Of Advisors
WASHINGTON, DC - Nov. 20, 2013 The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC), headquartered in Lady Lake, Florida, has announced that former Speaker Dennis Hastert has joined the AMAC Board of Advisors. “The addition of Speaker Hastert to the AMAC…
7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Fear Retirement
Many people panic at the thought of retirement. How can you live without a regular paycheck? What do you do every day if you don’t go to work? Well, stop and take a deep breath. Ignore all that anxious advice…
Elizabeth Warren: Don’t cut Social Security. Expand it!
If Elizabeth Warren is emerging as a kind of spokeswoman for the new economic populism that many Democratic activists want the party to embrace heading into 2014 and 2016, this speech that Warren is currently delivering on the floor of…
Economist looks into U.S. debt growth
Under the current U.S. course, the ratio of debt to annual output, which now is at 73 percent or twice what it was in 2007, will exceed 100 percent in the next 25 years, according to the Congressional Budget…