retirees
Thoughts on Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft
Cybercrime is a fact of life, and has been for many years. Last year, for example, seniors were victims of criminal acts that averaged $38,500 each, according to a recent Money.com post by finance writer Marc Guberti. Retirees are often…
Social Security: Understanding Who Gets What
With nearly one trillion dollars being paid out to a variety of recipients, folks often wonder exactly where it goes. Well, there are more than 62 million individual recipients, and it might or might not surprise you that retired workers…
Measuring Poverty: Social Security and SSI Help, But…
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), the yardstick that extends the official poverty measure by taking account of many of the government programs designed to assist low income families and individuals that are not included in the official poverty…