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retirement benefits

  • You Are Being Paid Properly
    You Are Being Paid Properly
    There are people receiving social security benefits who are convinced that they are being paid an unfair amount.
    March 6, 2024BY Tom Margenau
  • Disability Benefits for Senior Citizens
    Disability Benefits for Senior Citizens
    Many older folks are asking me about getting disability benefits from Social Security. I'll offer some tips on ...
    March 8, 2023BY Tom Margenau
  • Reduced Benefits Explained
    Reduced Benefits Explained
    Before I start today's column—a word of warning. It's going to involve a lot of messy math, and ...
    November 30, 2022BY Tom Margenau
  • Don’t Overthink Social Security Starting Date Questions
    Don’t Overthink Social Security Starting Date Questions
    I frequently get emails from readers who turn a little molehill of an issue into a big mountain ...
    November 9, 2022BY Tom Margenau
  • Sometimes Waiting Until 70 Doesn’t Make Sense
    Sometimes Waiting Until 70 Doesn’t Make Sense
    Older adults across the country are bombarded with invitations to attend seminars that allegedly will clue them in ...
    June 21, 2022BY Tom Margenau
  • Don’t Blame the Government — Blame Yourself
    Don’t Blame the Government — Blame Yourself
    Sometimes people will write to me complaining that the government, specifically the Social Security Administration, has messed up ...
    May 10, 2022BY Tom Margenau
  • Angry Al and Me
    Angry Al and Me
    I get lots of emails from my readers. Most are from nice people who have questions about their ...
    May 10, 2022BY Tom Margenau
  • Over 1,000 Kellogg’s US Cereal Plant Workers Go on Strike Over Cut to Benefits and Pay
    Over 1,000 Kellogg’s US Cereal Plant Workers Go on Strike Over Cut to Benefits and Pay
    Over 1,000 Kellogg's cereal employees went on strike for more than 18 hours at various plants across the United States ...
    October 6, 2021BY Katabella Roberts
  • Retirement Benefit Calculation—the Advanced Course
    Retirement Benefit Calculation—the Advanced Course
    There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who just want to know the time and ...
    February 25, 2021BY Tom Margenau
  • The ‘Spousal Bump’
    The ‘Spousal Bump’
    Recently, I’ve received emails from several readers who asked questions about something they call the “spousal bump.” It’s ...
    January 20, 2021BY Tom Margenau
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