Women’s Changing Roles and Social Security
Social Security turned 77 this week, and Mitt Romney’s choice of running mate, Paul Ryan, has put the retirement program on the front burner as a campaign issue. So I’ve been reminded once again about Social Security’s frailty as a backstop for retirement income, especially for women in their 50s and 60s. This point was [...]
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Second Verse: Why You Should Plan on Working to Age 70
Push off retiring until age 70 and your financial world is going to be much brighter. The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College reports in a new study titled: “National Retirement Risk Index: How Much Longer Do We Need to Work?” that a whopping 85% of households would be prepared to retire by age 70. (One caution: [...]
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SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS AND THE WORKING RETIRED
Read Published Article If you’re working for a paycheck and taking Social Security benefits, here’s some news you can use. This week, The Social Security Administration made its big pay raise announcement. The nation’s 60 million Social Security recipients will all get a 3.6% cost of living increase in their benefits for 2012, the first [...]
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