Tom Margenau
Reinforcing the Crusade to Diffuse the Everlasting Social Security Myths
On the heels of yesterday’s headline post on this website, we’re delighted to share with you another enlightening post from Social Security veteran Tom Margenau. Yesterday’s article focused on one of the pervasive myths circulating continuously on social media: the…
Social Security and Clickbait…Often Related to Myths and Misunderstandings
Closing out this week’s round of Social Security postings, we take yet another page from Tom Margenau’s playbook. In a post today on syossetadvance.com, this distinguished and well-respected 32-year veteran of Social Security skirmishes examines one of the more common…
Words of Wisdom on Social Security, Beginning with When Benefits Hit Your Checkbook
As we often do here on this website, we are channeling insights today from the venerable Tom Margenau, a 32-year veteran of Social Security administrative positions. In this piece, he begins with an observation about the mistake of taking uninformed…
Musings on Social Security Through the Years
As 2025 winds to a close and we reflect on the somewhat steady stream of commentary about Social Security’s financial problems and its imminent insolvency, now seems a good time to take a breath and reflect on history. We’ve often…
“Social Security isn’t always an old people’s program.”
That statement is plucked directly out of a column by prominent columnist, author, and former Social Security Administration official Tom Margenau. Many who read his publications enjoy his down-home insights into the practical side of Social Security and how the…
In Case You Were Wondering…
Sometimes. it feels good to separate from the daily onslaught of detail and mind-boggling news about the economy and its trajectory. Yet you know the pace of evolution in policies that may (or may not) have a bearing on you…
An Amusing Review of Social Security Teminology Issues
As a 32-year veteran of Social Security work, and as the writer of many public documents on behalf of Social Security’s policy matters, Tom Margenau is someone we frequently repost on this website. His insights are not only accurate, but…
Rumor Clean-Up Time: Illegal Immigrants and Social Security
Without question, the issue of immigration is foremost on the minds of many Americans these days. The 2024 presidential election cycle consistently creates commentary about the state of our immigration system, the policies associated with it, and the financial impacts…