If you’ll have multiple income streams in retirement, you’ll need to coordinate everything so you don’t end up paying taxes on your Social Security benefits.
ST. GEORGE — Fraudsters create impostor social media pages and accounts using Social Security-related images and vocabulary, making them appear to be associated with or endorsed by the federal organization. They also create impostor social media pages of Social Security officials, as well as the Office of the Inspector General. Social Security representatives never ask for […]
An extremely popular Social Security claiming age may be shortchanging retired workers. For most Americans, Social Security plays a key role in fortifying their financial foundation during retirement. More than two decades of annual surveys from Gallup have shown that between 80% and 90% of then-current retirees count on their guaranteed monthly benefit to cover […]
The Right and Left don’t agree on much these days. But over on X, people on both sides of the political spectrum recently united to lambaste conservative commentator Ben Shapiro for speaking some simple truths about the untenable trajectory of retirement. “No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, […]
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota reintroduced legislation that would repeal the taxation of Social Security benefits, putting money back into the pockets of retirees. It’s about time Congress has turned the spotlight on a critical issue affecting seniors’ pocketbooks. By virtue of the huge 2023 increase in COLA, more and more seniors are shocked to find out that their benefits are now subject to taxation.
Monthly Social Security checks for retired workers are probably more modest than you realize. For more than eight decades, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for those who could no longer do so for themselves. Based on recently updated estimates from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, America’s top retirement program is pulling 22.7 […]
High inflation has prompted higher Social Security cost-of-living adjustments. But as the rate of price growth subsides, the annual increases for Social Security may fall in 2025 and beyond, predicts Mary Johnson, a Social Security and Medicare policy analyst at The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan senior group. In 2024, more than 66 million Americans […]
Ben Shapiro, a divisive conservative political commentator, stoked controversy with his recent remarks dismissing the concept of retirement as “a stupid idea.” During the March 12 edition of his “Daily Wire” podcast, Shapiro said, “Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem.” The 40-year-old pundit, who […]
The people purchasing stock of the Trump Media and Technology Group are likely buying shares out of loyalty to the former president rather than faith in it as a good long-term investment, argues the University of Florida's Jay Ritter.
The establishment media have air-balled yet another big story with regard to former President Donald Trump as the merger between a SPAC and the company behind Trump’s Truth Social social media platform was approved Friday despite nonstop predictions the past couple years that this would not happen.
Florida will have one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday.
Reeves’ aspiration to deliver greater stability may sound appealing, but greater state involvement will not deliver the growth she promises.