Tag: Social Security

The Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Forecast for 2025 Was Just Updated, and It May Surprise Retirees

Brisk inflation on the tail end of the pandemic led to a historic 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits in 2023....

The 'extreme' Social Security move that actually makes sense

The Social Security war is on, as it is during every presidential election. The format is always the same: Democrats say Republicans want...

Joe Biden Wants to Make Big Changes to Social Security. Will Americans Support What He Wants to Do?

President Biden discussed some of his plans for the country in his recent State of the Union address. He now wants to put...

Conservative pundit says retirement 'is a stupid idea.' I agree. Let us work until we die.

Whether it’s a conservative pundit saying retirement “is a stupid idea” or GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump talking about cutting Medicare and Social...

Readers had a lot to say about those newly minted 401(k) millionaires

They’re everyday workers who clocked into their jobs day in and day out, all the while faithfully socking away money for the time,...

‘I cannot understand how they can do this to people’: Social Security admits to overpaying a North Texas widow by $41K — and now...

Delfina Prisock’s heart “dropped to the floor” when she received an overpayment notice from the Social Security Administration (SSA).The North Texas retiree was...