There’s no arguing the past ten years have given us the most consistently low Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) in…
Category: Social Security 101
Social Security “do-over” rule may allow pandemic-filers to resume their original retirement plans
Filing for Social Security at age 62 versus 70 is the difference between receiving or losing as much as $110,000…
Why do some states tax Social Security while others don’t?
A lot of people nearing retirement are surprised to find out that states can and do tax retirees’ Social Security…
Can Social Security add to the federal deficit?
This was the topic of the Soho Forum’s June 17 debate in New York City. Specifically, the debate resolution was “given…
Social Security: America’s greatest antipoverty policy
Seventy-nine years ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, saying, “Today, a hope of many years’…