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Why The New Retirement Involves Working Past 65
Calling all linguists and word inventors: we may need to coin a new term for retirement — or at least redefine the word. The 16th annual retirement survey of 4,550 full-time and part-time workers by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies…
3 Out of 4 Retirees Receiving Reduced Social Security Benefits
Growing numbers of workers expect to rely heavily on Social Security as a major source of income in retirement, but almost three-quarters of current retirees are receiving reduced benefits, according to two new reports. According to a recent Gallup survey, 36%…
What Does Mike Huckabee Believe? Where the Candidate Stands on 10 Issues
(By – Ellen Rolfes and Lisa DesJardins) Mike Huckabee is a religious leader, talk show host, book tour veteran (a dozen in print), bass guitarist, weight-loss guru and was one of the longest-serving governors in Arkansas’ history. He broke 13…
Traditional Retirement Possibly Becoming a Thing of the Past
It may be time to redefine retirement. A new survey of American workers from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies found that 82% of the respondents age 60 and older either are, or expect to keep working past the age of…
9 Signs You’re Not Saving Enough For Retirement
If you’re not interested in saving for retirement because it’s still decades away or you assume that saving intermittently is good enough, you’re in for a rude awakening. Savvy professionals start making contributions from their paychecks to their retirement accounts at…
Social Security Expansion Would Hasten Fiscal Disaster
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Americans are underprepared for retirement. And given this sad fact, there’s a growing movement on the left saying we need a government solution, stat: specifically, an expansion of Social Security benefits. Perhaps you are…
Means-Testing Won’t Save Social Security
….Christie’s proposal contained a controversial policy option of means-testing benefits. Some believe that phasing-out benefits for higher-income Americans should be the first option to consider for addressing the financing gap in Social Security. This alternative should be the last. It…
Senate Committee Embraces Work-After-Retirement Bill
Measure raises earnings cap to $25,000, exempts elected officials A Senate committee adopted legislation Monday to change rules for Kansas Public Employee Retirement System members who claimed retirement benefits while working for a government employer also aligned with the state…
Should Your Social Security Be Garnished for Student Loan Debt?
Two U.S. senators worry that retired Americans have enough trouble making ends meet without the government garnishing their Social Security checks to recover student loans and have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate the practice. The U.S. Treasury is allowed…
Dayton Warms to Elements of House Republican Tax Plan But Still Cool to Most, Especially Size
It’s too soon to call it a budget breakthrough, but Gov. Mark Dayton has offered an opening to a compromise with House Republicans on taxes. Dayton spoke favorably on Monday about two elements of the $2 billion tax-cut plan the House…