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Gen Z and Millennials Continue to Lack Faith in Social Security
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Polls have suggested for more than a decade that younger Americans do not believe the Social Security program will be there for them. Megan Leonhardt of CNBC writes here on a study by Northwestern Mutual’s 2020 Planning & Progress. It finds…
Social Security and Death: What Happens Next?
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When someone receiving Social Security benefits passes away, most people know that monthly benefits must soon stop. But when? Who notifies who? You may wonder how the government knows to stop sending that monthly money. What if there is a surviving spouse or…
10 Things Social Security Recipients Need to Know About Their Second Stimulus Check
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Rocky Mengle of Kiplinger admits there are a few special rules that only apply to Social Security recipients, thus making it a bit more difficult for those folks to learn the ins and outs of second-round stimulus checks. This highly informative article…
The Second Stimulus, Social Security Recipients, and More
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In a trio of articles here by Alison DeNisco Rayome and others of cnet.com, she covers all that one would want to know about the second round of stimulus payments passed by Congress and signed by President Trump at the end of…
New Year’s Greetings from the AMAC Foundation!
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The editorial staff at the AMAC Foundation’s Social Security Report extends its wishes for a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. We hope that 2021 brings with it an end to the unfortunate circumstances of 2020, and we that all find renewed…
A Year-End Look at Social Security and Its Complexity
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National and international news service Report Door, in a post yesterday on their website, provides a comprehensive review of Social Security basics, oriented especially toward those reaching their full retirement age (FRA) over the next two years. From a timing perspective,…
Ask Rusty Series Gets an Added Dimension
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Many of our readers are familiar with the AMAC Foundation’s weekly Social Security Q&A news release–our “Ask Rusty” series–published to over 7,000 media outlets across the country and carried every week on this website (see the “Q&A” portion of our home…
Stimulus Checks Dominate the News
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President Trump signed the latest Covid relief bill on Sunday, ending the standoff and clearing the way for much-needed financial relief for Americans suffering from the pandemic’s economic devastation. The measure also paves the way for additional funding for most Americans in…
Universal Social Security Benefit in the News
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An article posted recently on cnbc.com highlighted the issue of a “universal benefit plan” as an alternative future for Social Security as we know it today, including a framework developed by Heritage Foundation that would accomplish the objective of equal…
Christmas Greetings from the Social Security Report Editorial Staff!
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On behalf of the Association of Mature American Citizens and the AMAC Foundation, the Social Security Report’s editorial staff extends to all of its readers a sincere wish for peace, comfort, and joy during this Holiday Season