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Want to Help Middle Class? Let Them Opt Out of Social Security
One of the great ironies of American politics is that most politicians who talk about helping the middle class support policies that, by expanding the welfare-warfare state, are harmful to middle-class Americans. Eliminating the welfare-warfare state would benefit middle-class Americans…
Social Security: The Biggest Threat to Your Benefits (Hint: It Isn’t Claiming at 62)
America faces a retirement crisis, and Social Security is the one source of funds that millions of retirees will count on to make ends meet once they quit their jobs once and for all. Yet with all the discussion and…
7 Retirement Facts Millennials Need to Understand
Will millennials ever be able to retire? That depends on who you ask. Some reports on young people’s retirement readiness are all doom and gloom. A 2015 UBS Investor Watch report found that millennials are the “least likely to plan…
Call Kurtis Investigates: Social Security Erroneously Declares 9,000 Dead a Year
Seventy-eight year old Elizabeth Passage said the Social Security Administration wrongfully declared her dead….She spent 2-months trying to get anyone to listen. “It’s really outrageous,” said Jamie Court with Consumer Watchdog. CBS 13 has learned the Social Security Administration erroneously declares 9-thousand…
5 Opportunities to Sell to Gen Y
What are some of the things that keep you up at night? A new study reveals that these financial worries might be the same ones that your younger counterparts are having. According to a survey published in April by Northwestern Mutual…
Bernie Sanders Plans to Dramatically Alter Social Security
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced his candidacy for the presidency on Thursday with the goal of promoting progressive polices to reduce income inequality, climate change, and the influence of big money in American politics. Sanders hopes to inject his solutions…
An Honest Socialist
Could Bernie Sanders show Elizabeth Warren how to beat Hillary? Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an avowed independent Socialist, has decided to run for the Democratic presidential nomination….The 73-year-old second-term Senator from the country’s most liberal state, and former mayor of…
Congressman Brendan Boyle Supports Federal Wage Hike to $12 Per Hour in Yearly Increments
A federal proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $12 per hour in deliberate increments by 2020 has been co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-13th Dist. The Raise the Wage Act, introduced Thursday in both…
Teach Your Children Today How to Begin Saving for Retirement Tomorrow
Saving enough money for retirement is important. That statement is an absolute truth, yet somewhat mundane and largely underrated for many…. This is what we must teach our children. Today. However, take note: the lesson is not saving for retirement…
Let’s Talk About Real Issues
The debt, entitlements must be addressed by presidential candidates A couple of weekends ago, the Republican State Committee held a “beauty contest” in Nashua featuring most of the mentioned candidates for president, announced and unannounced….New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave…