solvency
Indirectly Addressing Social Security’s Woes
In Late August, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) praised the 1.6 million jobs created this year and the highest level of wage gains since 2009, largely attributing these factors as evidence of the efforts underway in the current…
Don’t Let Reports of Social Security’s Demise Guide You
The long-term solvency of Social Security has been in the news quite a bit lately. Attention on the issue ramps up with each year’s publication of the Social Trustees Report and the dire warnings contained in it–forecasts of the program’s…
Some Quick Pointers on Social Security
The CheatSheet’s Karen Bennett, posting on their :Money & Career page, provides a snapshot of some basic Social Security parameters. Her items range from taxation of benefits to the nagging solvency issue, with some important details in between. Read her post…
Putting America’s “Retirement Crisis” in Perspective
MarketWatch columnist Jeff Reeves takes aim at one of today’s serious issues by providing a chilling recap of the problems facing our country’s retirement system in the years ahead. Noting the dearth of savings on the part of future retirees, the decline…