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Social Security Garnishment for Overpayments and Student Loans
During Donald Trump’s presidency, the federal government continued and, in some cases, intensified efforts to claw back funds from Americans through Social Security overpayment collections and federal student loan enforcement. Social Security Overpayments Under Trump, the Social Security Administration (SSA)…
What age should you be to collect Social Security Benefits?
Some think the average retirement age is 65, but it is actually 63. You can take benefits as early as 62 but there is an earnings limit of $23,400.00 for 2025. If you make over that amount Social Security will…
Estimated COLA information
The Cost of Living Adjustment is an automatic annual boost to Social Security and other federal benefits. It’s calculated based on the inflation rate this year as compared to last year for July to September. Since the amount of the…
Will Income Tax on Social Security be eliminated?
This, of course, is a burning question on the mind of many who collect Social Security, because it would mean financial relief for nearly all those collecting. Under current law, a portion of one’s Social Security benefits are taxed, if…
Social Security: Knowledge is key!
Here at the AMAC Foundation’s Social Security Advisory Service, we routinely answer questions from those about to retire and claim Social Security and, as a non-profit entity, we do so for free. Our advice is based upon both formal education…
Do You Have a Backup Plan?
If you watch this website with any regularity, you are aware that Social Security, which is an important source of income for so many American seniors, will be facing financial difficulties in less than a decade. We frequently post various…
Is Social Security Going Broke?
Well, no, it is not. But it is facing some serious financial issues which will come to a head in about 8 years, unless Congress acts soon to reform the program. Fact is, Social Security spends more money than it…
Straight Talk about Social Security
Persistent emails to the AMAC Foundation’s Social Security Advisory Service accuse various politicians of squandering Social Security money for other, sometimes nefarious, political projects. The AMAC Foundation has exhaustively investigated this accusation and found it to be a myth –…
About Medicare Fraud and Waste
No cuts to the national Medicare program are included in the “one, big, beautiful bill” now being deliberated by the U.S. Senate (the bill has already passed in the House). But, as reported yesterday (see this), if the Senate uncovers…
Will Social Security Disappear?
Well, no – it will not. But there is the problem that Social Security’s annual cost is more than the income it receives from working Americans, and income taxes on SS benefits, and interest from reserves held in the Social…