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The Social Security Rule That is Costing Seniors Billions
Kailey Hagen explains the chatter about what is changing for Social Security in 2024. Essentially it is the typical yearly changes tied to inflation that affect benefits, the wage base, and how much can be earned through working and collecting.…
Where does the GOP field stand on Social Security?
Savannah Kuchar of USA Today reviews the GOP presidential field and where they stand now and in the past on Social Security. One candidate called the program a Ponzi Scheme, one that should be privatized, and favored a retirement age…
Nikki Haley is unafraid to talk Social Security & Medicare reform
Fredreka Schouten of CNN explains that GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is seemingly alone in acknowledging we have federal entitlement programs we simply cannot afford. Haley is open to increasing the Social Security retirement age for today’s younger workers and…
Op-ed: Raising Social Security Retirement Age Can Help Ease Insolvency issue
Brenton Smith, a policy adviser to the Heartland Institute, explains there is no one solution to fix Social Security’s ills. The program will be unable to pay full benefits in about a decade. Raising the retirement age should be a…
AMAC: Social Security’s Very Real Problems Explained– in Plain English
This FAQ page was written by Jeff Szymanski, who works in political communications for the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC). He previously taught high school economics for 15 years and is a frequent writer on Social Security issues. The…
What does age 82.5 have to do with Social Security?
If people know anything about Social Security it is that you can claim it age 62, though all may not realize that comes with a permanent reduction. Fewer know that full retirement age is 67 (for those born 1960 or…
Retirement & the sheer joy of continuing to work
Why are so many 70, 80, and yes 90 year olds still working when you can start Social Security benefits as early as 62? The answers to why work are a complex mix of, “I want to; I love to;…
Krugman: Nikki Haley is Out to Get Your Social Security
It seems like a line straight out of every Democrat politician’s playbook, that GOP Candidate (fill in the blank) is coming for your Social Security. But this is noted economist, though far left indeed, Paul Krugman. His NYT op-ed suggests…
Op-ed: Social Security is not in trouble
In a slightly contrarian view to what most experts say, the writer here suggests that simply lifting the payroll cap on Social Security wages will resolve the funding issue. That, however, buys just 12 more years of solvency, from 2034…
Should You Claim Early because of Social Security’s financial issues?
Well, the short answers is no. Social Security does, indeed, have financial issues which could mean a cut in benefits in about 10 years if the SS Trust Fund runs dry, but fear of total program bankruptcy is unfounded. Social…