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James Contini: Social Security Benefits for Children
Each month, over a billion dollars is paid to children because one or both of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased. These payments are used to provide those children with income to pay for their expenses in order to…
Social Security – You’ve Earned It!
Social Security has been a MINOR topic of discussion during the past few political campaigns. It is expected to be one of the MAIN topics during the 2016 elections….This article contains basic information about Social Security…. Social Security has been an important factor…
Veteran GOP Strategist Paul Young Named Senior Adviser to Lindsey Graham
Portsmouth-based Republican will oversee NH as part of national role South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has begun building a New Hampshire team as he moves toward a presidential run. WMUR.com has learned that Paul Young, a Portsmouth-based veteran operative with more…
Clients’ Top Retirement Worry is Going Broke: AICPA
CPA financial planners in survey list their clients’ top retirement-related concerns Americans worry most about running out of money in retirement, according to a survey released in April by the American Institute of CPAs. The institute’s first quarter personal financial planners…
Studies are Bringing Some Unpleasant Realities About Retirement Planning to Light
As a rapidly increasing demographic, retiring baby boomers are getting a lot of attention, particularly in the area of financial health. Researchers are finding out many oldsters simply haven’t salted much away for retirement. Last fall, a Harris poll conducted for…
Understanding the Retirement Earnings Test
For most Americans, Social Security plays an important role in maintaining retirement security. Benefit payments represent an income stream that is free of default, investment, inflation and longevity (outliving your money) risks. In other words, regardless of economic and market conditions,…
Be Wary of Taking a ‘Pension Advance’
Today, traditional pension benefits are gold for retirees who receive them, as they’re fast disappearing from the workplace. But even with a pension, some retirees still struggle financially and sometimes have a need for extra cash because of unexpected bills or…
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…