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Benefits for Spouses and Widows Are Sometimes Controversial Aug. 05, 2020
I'm going to start out today's column by answering a question from a reader about her potential elig... Read More
Social Security Rules (Not Reps) Confuse Readers Jul. 29, 2020
Anyone who has read my column for any length of time knows that I have occasionally been critical of... Read More
Federal Employees and Social Security Jul. 15, 2020
Q. I am a retired federal employee. I retired when I was 58. I started getting my federal retirement... Read More
What Happened To the Record Income Taxes Americans Paid Last Year? Jul. 15, 2020
Back in fiscal 2019, which ended last September before COVID-19 hit, the federal government set two ... Read More
Mixing Apples, Oranges and Kumquats Jul. 08, 2020
Q: In a recent column, you said that someone's Social Security check might go down if they are still... Read More
The Bad Old Days Jul. 01, 2020
My wife and I have been doing a little downsizing lately. One thing we decided we can live without i... Read More
Quick and Dirty Answers Lead to Confusion Jun. 24, 2020
As regular readers of this column know, every once in a while, I try to squeeze as many questions an... Read More
The Social Security 'Goody Bag' Jun. 17, 2020
At least once a day, I get one or more emails that start out with some form of this phrase: "I'll te... Read More
The Social Security 'Retirement Test' Gets a Failing Grade Jun. 10, 2020
There is a provision of Social Security law that is rather archaically called the "annual earnings t... Read More
My First Day on the Job Jun. 03, 2020
I've been writing this column and answering people's questions about Social Security for more than 2... Read More
A Divorced Woman's Guide to Social Security May. 27, 2020
Q: You always seem to write about married women. But there are a lot of us divorced women out here. ... Read More
Social Security Offsets Affect Some Public Employees May. 20, 2020
I am continually amazed by the number of emails I get with questions about Social Security from peop... Read More
Let's Play 20 Questions May. 13, 2020
I'm going to assume you've all heard of the kids' game "20 Questions." Well, I'm going to do my own ... Read More
Personal Retirement Accounts Will Help in Next Crisis May. 06, 2020
Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law the CARES Act to provide emergency measur... Read More
Desperate Seniors May. 06, 2020
I get a lot of emails from confused and maybe lonely people who are writing to me mostly out of desp... Read More
Virus Means More Work for Me! Apr. 29, 2020
Just ask me if I'm getting weary of the coronavirus! And I'm not coming at my dislike for the pandem... Read More
A 2-Tier Social Security System Apr. 22, 2020
In last week's column, I provided a very brief overview of the Australian Social Security system. (I... Read More
Social Security in Australia Apr. 15, 2020
A couple of months ago, my wife and I returned from a six-week trip to Australia that also included ... Read More
Top 10 Social Security Questions Apr. 08, 2020
I get hundreds of emails a week from my readers. I try to answer each and every one of them. But I p... Read More
Social Security Maximizing Madness Apr. 01, 2020
Every week, I probably get a dozen emails from readers who tell me they want to "maximize" their Soc... Read More
