retirement age
Life Expectancy and It’s Impact on the “Retirement Safety Net”
As the rhetoric heats up on Social Security, and as the leading 2024 presidential candidates debate their policy thoughts on this issue, extension of the full retirement are (FRA) for benefits is getting quite a bit of play. In fact,…
Warren Buffett–A Historical View of What Should be Done About Social Security
Social Security’s looming solvency problem is beginning to draw attention (again), now as a segment of the 2024 presidential election debates. Solutions are popping up in many corners, and they range from doing nothing to shoring up the revenue side…
Saving Social Security: The Arguments Are Mounting
In an interesting article appearing recently on ThinkAdvisor.com, Senior Reporter John Manganaro offers a broad assessment of emerging views on the potential direction of Social Security reform measures. Manganaro begins with an analysis of the debate on the pros and…
Battle Lines are Being Drawn on the Retirement Age Issue
Although there are many advocates for raising the Social Security full retirement age (FRA) as a measure to save the program from insolvency, the issue is generating strong headwinds in the court of public opinion. A post by US News…
The Logic Behind Raising the Full Retirement Age
Although it appears to be developing into somewhat of a political football, the issue of increasing the Social Security full retirement age has a rational perspective. A recent forbes.com post by senior contributor Chris Carosa takes a look at the…
“Leaked” Thoughts on Social Security Reform
The Motley Fool’s Keith Speights, in a post on their website, reports on a series of ideas reportedly being discussed by several lawmakers with respect to Social Security reform. First on his list is the controversial thought of changing the…
More Discussion on Social Security Reform
Former presidential appointee and current senior policy fellow at the Bloustein School of Planning and Policy, Rutgers University Richard Keevey shares some thoughts on approaches to reforming Social Security in the face of its looming insolvency problem. After discussing the Congressional Budget…
Four Key Social Security Facts for 2019
The Motley Fool’s Dan Caplinger, in a post on their website, discusses four significant facts for Social Security recipients in 2019. They include the 2.8% COLA, the change in retirement age affecting some, the new taxation limits for high wage earners,…
Your Full Retirement Age…Let’s Be Clear
As explained by The Motley Fool’s Matthew Frankel, many folks still believe that 65 is still the magic age for obtaining full Social Security benefits. Frankel explains the present definition of “full retirement age” and what it means to benefit payments,…
When to Collect Benefits?–Not A Simple Question
Juts like the calendar, the Baby Boom Generation continues to march relentlessly forward in time, with a large portion of this population group now finding themselves in their mid-50s and starting to think about Social Security. While it’s still a few…