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New From Social Security: Find Benefits Information Online
Social Security accounts for nearly a third of monthly income for the average retiree, according to a BlackRock retirement survey. For many, the benefit is their...
Voters Beware: What the Obama Campaign Doesn’t Tell Julia
The Obama campaign came out with a nifty, interactive online graphic Thursday that guides America through the life of Julia, a hypothetical young web designer...
Retiring Abroad Is More Hype Than Reality
For years we’ve been hearing about the advantages of retiring abroad: low taxes, low cost of living, great climate and exciting cultural attractions. It’s all...
Who Is a Child? The Supreme Court Decides
When is a child not a child? That’s a question the U.S. Supreme Court was confronted with on Monday, as justices grappled with the increasingly unconventional...
The Truth Behind Rick Perry’s Lie About Social Security
In his presidential bid, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, even though he surely knows better. His campaign is now spending a lot...
Perry’s Social Security Positioning, Cont’d
With Social Security sure to come up again at Monday night’s Republican presidential debate, Rick Perry set the stage with an op-ed in USA Today that, er,...
Social Security and Ponzi Schemes: Is Rick Perry Right?
Texas Governor Rick Perry really knows how to light a bonfire. The governor, who is running for president, made comments last week that Social Security is a...
Road Trip Day 4: ADHD and Social Security
Austin, Texas I watched the Republican debate on Monday with the Webb County Republicans, down in Laredo (where there aren’t very many Republicans) and you can...
Social Security: Picture of a Ponzi Scheme or Not?
In 2008, I found myself in the Crystal City office of Doug Holtz-Eakin, the top economic adviser to Republican presidential nominee John McCain. When talk turned...
