My Comments: Social Security can be a hot button issue from time to time. Proponents of small government decry the socialist trends foisted on this country by Democrats over the years. And while I've been a Democrat all my life, and a proud recipient of checks from the SSA for about six years now, I've …
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I've tried to find the author of this but the source article does not have a name. Many of you are rightly concerned about the future of the social security system. It will not be allowed to collapse; there are more and more of us who depend on the monthly benefits who vote in elections …
My Comments: As an investment advisor and financial planner, I’m very aware of the role played by Social Security payments in my clients financial lives as they approach or subsist in retirement. Indeed, some of them are unable to retire as they thought they might, and some applied to the Social Security safety net before …
Instead of working longer or retiring on time with less money than anticipated, there may be a third alternative that financial advisors can show their clients that may give them the best of both worlds. An alternative may be to continue working full or part time and use money that had been going into savings …
My Comments: As we Americans try to deal with the conflict between controlling the amount of national debt and the need to continue to prime the pump to encourage economic recovery, there surfaces from time to time several issues dealing with Social Security. Is it going bankrupt? Will it be there for our children in …
My Comment: There is increased attention being paid to the myths and truths about Social Security these days, in part because the media and politicians delight in creating confusion, and in part because the baby boomers are now reaching full retirement age and asking real questions. Just last evening, at the meeting of the Gainesville …
Health and longevity play a big part in deciding when to claim benefits My Comment: The questions surrounding Social Security, when to apply, what you can expect, etc. are legion. I was fortunate in that I was able to wait until I was 65 and 8 months, which was my target age, and I can …
Most Americans watch their money go into the Social Security trust fund in the form of payroll deductions as soon as they begin working, when retirement seems a long way off. As a result, many go through their working lives without giving it much thought. Here are a few facts everyone should know about Social …
This is a comment I came upon recently but cannot source. Mindful that the deficit is a major concern for all of us, and mindful that I am personally a recipient of a monthly check from Social Security, I want to share this with you. The question whether I am contributing to the deficit by …
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