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More on the Issue of Social Security Shortchanging Widows and Widowers
It’s been a pretty hot item in the media for the past several weeks, ever since the Office of the Inspector General issued its audit report titled “Higher Benefits for Dually Entitled Widow(er)s Had They Delayed Applying for Retirement Benefits.”…
Future Retirees: Taking the Long View
Azcentral.com reporter Russ Wiles takes a long range look at retirement prospects facing younger Baby Boomers and Generation Xers, suggesting that the somewhat rosier scenarios playing out for current and near-term retirees may begin to evaporate as time passes. In…
Making the “Big Decision” on Your Social Security
You’re probably well aware that you can file for Social Security benefits as early as age 62, or as late as age 70. There are pros and cons on each of these goal posts, and quite a bit has been…
More on Fixing Social Security’s Solvency Problem
In a post on www.Madison.com, The Motley Fool’s Sean Williams offers another recap of Social Security’s oft-reported long-term solvency problem. Along with his synopsis, Williams hearkens back to a similar–albeit not as dire–situation in the 1980s, and illustrates how a…
Retiring in Your 50s? Here are some things to ponder.
Besides being too young for Social Security benefits, deciding to step out of the worklife and into a world of retirement leisure brings with it some major drawbacks that need to be considered. It might sound attractive, particularly for those…
Short on retirement savings? Here’s how to get more
Articles abound in financial circles about America’s “retirement crisis”, short-hand for saying that an unfortunate majority of Americans are ill-prepared for retirement because they have saved too little, or in some cases nothing, for their golden years. In this Motley…
“Spoofing” – Yet another attempt to scam
In yet another attempt to fool people into revealing their personal information, scammers are now using a technique known as “spoofing” to try to separate you from your money. Spoofing is a term assigned to the illegal manipulation of caller…
Support repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset
For those whose life’s work has been in a public service job which didn’t participate in the Social Security program, a big surprise may hit them later in life. Even if they have worked enough outside public service to earn Social…
Beware of Social Security scammers
An unfortunate reality of today’s electronic world is that there’s no end to the number and type of scams that cyber-criminals will use to get your personal information for nefarious purposes. The latest scam in the Utah area is a…
How to plan for your expensive golden years
Retirement is expensive – much more so than most people think. As a matter of fact, retirement is about three times as expensive as any other thing if your lifetime. That’s why it’s important to start planning for your retirement…