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Living too long is a risk!
Many people say they want to live a long time, but they don’t really understand the financial implications of that wish. If you don’t make the necessary monetary preparations for a long life, you could end up penniless and have…
SOCIAL SECURITY AND CHAINED CPI
Mr. Speaker, I have spoken to my constituents who are concerned about the viability of Social Security. They want big ideas and long-term solutions. Instead, there are solutions right now and proposals to switch to a chained CPI formula to…
How Boomers Can Maximize Their Social Security Benefits
I receive more questions about Social Security than any other topic I cover. Part of the reason is simply demographics: more members of the large baby boom generation are hitting the age when they become eligible for benefits. The other…
Millennials want answers about the debt
While the tentacles of Washington dysfunction reach all national demographics, one often overlooked group is our young adults — affectionately termed the “Millennials.” Obvious evidence of this has been Congress’ inability to thus far keep interest rates on student loans from…
Retirement of Baby Boomers at Risk
The baby boom may end with a whimper. The expansive generation that first crowded public schools in the 1950s and elbowed its way into the labor force in the 1970s is now retiring. And the timing couldn’t be worse. Read more……
Benefits: Sometimes Less Really Can Be More
I’ve written more than a few columns lately about folks who complain because they think the government is cheating them out of Social Security benefits. So many people are convinced that their Social Security benefits were figured incorrectly. I tell…
Staffers from US Rep. Messer’s office to speak at Mill Race Center
Debbie Berry and Karrie Pardiek will address issues related to seniors, including updates on the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Social Security and a review of the Social Security Administration services. This also will be an opportunity for residents…Read More Notice: The “Read more…” link…
3 steps to shore up retirement security: Putnam CEO Bob Reynolds
Putnam Investments CEO Bob Reynolds has not been shy about pushing to fix America’s broken retirement savings system. And now, he’s offering three steps that could shore up retirement security while conducting an online campaign to keep the conversation going…
Transition to Prosperity
Despite dire predictions to the contrary, it is not true that automation and innovation will cause permanent unemployment shortages and declining wages. While automation may reduce minimum wage assembly line jobs, it creates compensating higher paying jobs in the innovation…
A dying wish: Bill would decrease waiting time for Social Security payments for terminally ill
In many ways, the fight Brian Moyer has been waging for the past 18 months to fulfill a promise to his dying wife has just begun. “Now the pitbull is kicking into overdrive,” he said Thursday morning, shortly after learning that…