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A guaranteed monthly check for the rest of your life
(Source – money.cnn.com) Although you may not realize it, you already get an annuity in retirement. It’s called Social Security, and it gives you a monthly payment for life that rises with inflation. So the real question is: Do you need…
Look Who’s Turning 80: Social Security Announces Countdown to Agency’s 80th Anniversary
(Source – www.alicetx.com) Anticipation fills the air as Social Security gets closer to the agency’s historic 80th anniversary and prepares to commemorate the August 14, 1935, signing of the Social Security Act. Acting Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin today announced the launch…
Don’t Impose Artificial Age Constraints On Our Work Lives
(By – Ann Brenoff, Huffington Post) What if, instead of believing that the graying of the developed world is going to cause economic chaos and ruin, we looked at retirement through a different lens — one that made it invisible? This is…
Meet a federal phased-retirement pioneer
(By – Eric Yoder, www.washingtonpost.com) Ford Peatross has cut back to working only 20 hours a week for the next 12 months, not much time to pass on a lifetime of experience in how to acquire, organize, preserve, appraise, lend and publish…
Social Security and You: Social Security Offsets
(By – Tom Margenau) OK, teachers, firefighters, police officers and other government workers who will get a pension from a job not covered by Social Security, this column is for you. It explains the rules that may require a reduction to…
When both spouses lose some or all of their Social Security benefits
(By – Mary Beth Franklin, Investment News) If you collect Social Security benefits before your full retirement age of 66 and you continue to work, you can to lose some or all of your benefits if your earnings exceed annual limits. Normally,…
What to Consider Before Tying the Knot a Second – or Third – Time
(By – Geoff Williams, U.S. News & World Report) It can be the best feeling in the world at first – realizing that despite your first marriage ending, there is someone else out there for you. But to marry again, or…
Prepare for 2017 Social Security Cuts
(By – BEA KARNES, patch.com) More than 30 years ago, a bi-partisan effort between Republican President Ronald Reagan and the Democrat-led Congress produced changes in Social Security to ensure its solvency. Those changes include increasing the retirement age from 65 to 67. It’s…
More Retired Americans Are Outliving Their Savings and Saddled With Debt
(By – Juliette Fairley, www.thestreet.com) One of the biggest fears for retiring Baby Boomers is outliving their savings. But that’s the reality facing more Americans starting at 50 years old. Some 12.2% of seniors who died at age 85 or older had no…
Social Security Retirement Benefits
(By – Amelia Josephson, smartasset.com) Are you factoring Social Security benefits in to your retirement planning? If so, you should know the basics of Social Security eligibility and payments. That way, you won’t get any unpleasant surprises when it comes time to…