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5 budget concerns for stay-at-home parents
(By – AJ Smith, www.kshb.com) Being a stay-at-home parent can offer all sorts of advantages like hearing your child’s first words and being there for all of their development. However, there are some things to consider if you are about to take…
Social Security Earnings Limit & Working In Retirement
(Source – socialsecurityintelligence.com) There’s lots of confusion about what happens when you work and draw Social Security. The rules really aren’t that difficult. Let’s clear it all up. Broadly speaking, if you work and claim Social Security benefits at the same…
‘My Generation Will Never See One Dollar From Social Security’
(By – MARIE TESSIER, takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com) The sense of doom expressed in one younger reader’s comment about the Social Security system opened an intergenerational conversation about the program’s actuarial predicament. “I would be fine with seeing my contributions to Social Security and Medicare…
Funding Retirement Without Breaking The Bank
(By – Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes Staff) If you go to work for almost any big company these days, you’re practically guaranteed some kind of retirement plan. While pensions may be fading as a perk (except in government), they’re being replaced…
Social Security: Appeals now easier with online process
(By – ALAN EDWARDS, www.nrtoday.com) Social Security listened to customer feedback and made the online appeals process even better. Now, people who disagree with our disability decision can complete their appeal using our improved online appeals process. Read more… Notice: The…
Ways to reduce tax on Social Security
(By – Mike Piershale, ChFC, via www.nwherald.com) Can you really do some proactive things to reduce tax on your Social Security? Sometimes you can, and we’re going to look at one powerful example. First, we need to understand the ideal profile of a retiree…
Social Security Survivors Benefits Could Take Care of Your Loved Ones
(Source – www.suffieldtimes.com) When most People hear the time period “Social Safety,” they consider the advantages that may turn into obtainable after they retire. Nevertheless, there are different priceless Social Safety packages everybody ought to concentrate on — particularly survivors advantages.…
Helping people maintain independence
(By – Masaki Ova, www.jamestownsun.com) A licensed social worker and two registered nurses with a combined 75 years of experience are helping people maintain their independence and remain in their own homes. Guardian Angels Inc. consists of licensed social worker Margo Haut…
Despite perceptions, Social Security not beyond repair
(By – Thomas Dalton, sandiegouniontribune.com) Do you want to hear something scary? Each semester I ask at least one of my college level accounting classes how many believe that they will collect Social Security benefits someday. These are traditional students in their early…
Social Security and You: 2 cases where benefit seemed low
(By – Tom Margenau, tucson.com/business) Every single day, I get emails from readers asking me if they are being paid the correct amount in their Social Security benefits. I am often tempted to write back and say: “How in the world would…