* Per the Social Security Administration: Social Security is the largest source of income for most elderly Americans today, but Social Security was never intended to be your only source of income when you retire
The folks who work at theSocial Security Administrationcan help answer some questions, but they are limited in what they can and cannot do. Working with afinancial adviseror using third-party software to run the numbers on your potential lifetime benefits can make a huge difference. The Impact...
Thus, the research also co-constructed rights-based and de-commodified policy proposals, whereby the state (or the local authority) directly provides housing to homeless people and ensures greater tenant security in private rental housing. The key 'action' of the PAR process was empowering the ...
In addition, bear in mind that I am an independent financial advisor; I don’t work for the Social Security Administration. As such, in these articles I am reporting the way the system works – not advocating it, not agreeing with it, not defending it. I agree that many of the provisio...
Social Security Administration, “Frequently Asked Questions: Ratio of Covered Workers to Beneficiaries,” ssa.gov (accessed Aug. 17, 2015) “Projected Future Growth of the Older Population: By Age: 1900–2050,” Administration on Aging website, July 16, 2009 Social Security Administration, “The...
In that context, the handful of giant US social-media platforms seem to have been left to deal as they saw fit with what problems might emerge. Unsurprisingly, they prioritized their stock prices and profitability. Throughout the years of the Obama administration, these platforms grew boiste...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at least 300 foreign students have had their visas revoked in the course of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “Maybe more, it might be more than 300 at this point,” Rubio explained. “We do it every day. Every time I find one of the...
Social Security, as once proposed by the Junior Bush, is currently on the backburner. While I like the idea of deferring my contributions into a 401(k) style account that I can manage and grow, I can’t see this one being an option under the current administration. Employing a program...
with a clear and reasonable chance of success I, and others, will rally behind you. We already have an abundance of the “pressing need” part you referred to—we need a path to a solution. We need your leadership and we need it to be a very high priority of your administration. ...
reliable, liquid, savings in case of sudden life crises – well, the SS administration has that and more: it has about 4 and a half years’ expenditure worth of savings (we call this: the trust fund). Conservative indeed! But saying that the Trust Fund has a legally strong _short term...