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Happy Birthday, SSI! Nov. 16, 2022
I was playing one of my morning online word puzzles when up popped a little blurb from a senior citi... Read More
Don't Overthink Social Security Starting Date Questions Nov. 09, 2022
I frequently get emails from readers who turn a little molehill of an issue into a big mountain of a... Read More
Don't Fall for the Democrats' Ginned-up Social Security Scaremongering Nov. 04, 2022
Here are two snippets from Wednesday's New York Times piece contending that Republicans have "embrac... Read More
Rules I Can't Explain Nov. 02, 2022
I really get upset when readers tell me that they talked to a Social Security Administration employe... Read More
Trusting The Republicans Oct. 28, 2022
No delusion misleads American voters more than their certainty that Republicans are "better" and mor... Read More
No Social Security Taxes Means No Social Security Benefits Oct. 26, 2022
Q: My husband is a 58-year-old farmer. He is a very stubborn man. He is opposed to paying any kind o... Read More
Social Security COLA for 2023 Oct. 19, 2022
In mid-October every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its much-anticipated report on ch... Read More
Social Security Pop-up Ads Are So Misleading Oct. 12, 2022
In the last month or so, I've written two columns about Social Security "news" articles I've seen in... Read More
Questions Seldom Asked Oct. 05, 2022
Because I've been writing this column for about a quarter-century now, you probably can guess that t... Read More
100 Social Security Myths Busted Sep. 28, 2022
I've just released a new book. It's called "Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts." You can get a... Read More
Are You 'Looked Down Upon'? Do You Care? Sep. 27, 2022
It's a commonplace gripe in Trump world and aligned planets that "elites look down on me." The elite... Read More
Delayed Retirement Credits Explained Sep. 21, 2022
People who delay starting their Social Security beyond their full retirement age get a bonus equal t... Read More
Early Retirement Reduction Can Be Adjusted Later Sep. 14, 2022
There is a little-known Social Security rule that may help some people who started their Social Secu... Read More
Why Privatizing Social Security Can't Work Sep. 07, 2022
About a month or so ago, I wrote a column in which I just briefly mentioned that any plans to privat... Read More
The Social Security Earnings Penalty for Self-Employed People Aug. 31, 2022
"Well, Tom, you see, I'm a farmer. I got me about 100 acres of beans, and I really only work two mon... Read More
As Washington Gives Us 'More,' Americans Want 'Better' Aug. 25, 2022
Congress' annual August recess is a good time to think about the big picture. Most Americans want go... Read More
Family Maximum Doesn't Apply to Couples Aug. 24, 2022
I frequently get questions from soon-to-be retirees who have heard about a "family maximum" that app... Read More
Another Misleading Headline Aug. 17, 2022
I don't know how you folks get by without being scared out of your wits by misleading Social Securit... Read More
Seniors Paid Into Social Security and Medicare. Hands Off Them, GOP Aug. 16, 2022
For the second time this year, a key Senate Republican has suggested that Social Security and Medica... Read More
The Dwindling Difference Between Our Two Parties on Spending Aug. 11, 2022
For a few years, I have sounded the alarm that a growing wave of conservatives are working to make R... Read More
