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What We Expect From Government Jan. 24, 2024
I have been writing this column since 1997. So this will be my 27th year of helping people better un... Read More
Not All Bureaucrats Work For the Government Jan. 17, 2024
Well, this week I learned that not all bureaucrats work for the government. They can be found in any... Read More
Women and Social Security -- Common Misunderstandings Jan. 10, 2024
Whether you're a man or woman, Social Security rules can sometimes be confusing and hard to understa... Read More
The Profiteering Migrant-Industrial Complex Dec. 20, 2023
This week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned of "extremely painful" cuts to city services to off... Read More
In Investing, No Risk Means No Reward Sep. 27, 2023
Dear Cheapskate: This may be the ultimate in stupid questions but it's been plaguing me for a while.... Read More
President Biden Claims GOP Wants to 'Sunset' Entitlements: What about Clinton, Obama and then-Sen. Biden? Feb. 16, 2023
During President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech, he got booed after accusing "some" Republic... Read More
The Time Has Come to Walk It Off Dec. 09, 2022
From Little League to the big leagues, from Pop Warner to the pros, when an athlete has a minor twea... Read More
Benefits of Improving Indoor Air Quality Go Beyond COVID Jun. 10, 2022
Ralph Marston, the publisher of The Daily Motivator, once inspiringly advised readers to "breathe in... Read More
Protective Filing Dates Mar. 30, 2022
This is going to be a column about a special procedure that the Social Security Administration routi... Read More
Where Resolving to Lose Weight Goes Wrong Jan. 21, 2022
NPR reports that this past year, half of all New Year's resolutions in the U.S. were based on fitnes... Read More
Is Inflation Biden's Fault? Jan. 21, 2022
President Joe Biden's standing with voters has taken a beating on multiple fronts. He is perceived a... Read More
A Big, Dumb Jerk Takes a Tumble! Dec. 22, 2021
I recently shared a humorous story about a trip I took to Poland in the 1990s to train some of their... Read More
When and How to File for Social Security Benefits Dec. 15, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of people will be filing for Social Security benefits in 2022. So today, I'm g... Read More
Memories of a Social Security Trip to Poland Nov. 24, 2021
For some time now, I have been working on a book that I plan to give to my kids and grandkids for Ch... Read More
You're Not Being Cheated by Social Security Sep. 15, 2021
I guess there just must be something about the human psyche that makes so many people feel they're b... Read More
Social Security Will NOT Go Broke! Sep. 08, 2021
Here we go again. Another round of scare stories about the impending doom of Social Security. Headli... Read More
What To Do When SSA Steers You Wrong Aug. 25, 2021
These are the columns I hate to write. Columns that are critical of some of my former colleagues at ... Read More
Full Retirement Age -- What's the Big Deal? Aug. 18, 2021
I am always getting emails from readers who are so hung up on making sure they start their Social Se... Read More
Taxpayers Are Getting Ripped Off and Congress Does Nothing Aug. 17, 2021
Milton Friedman used to quip that, in Washington, if a government program is working, Congress says ... Read More
You Misunderstood What I Wrote Aug. 11, 2021
I've been explaining Social Security rules to people for almost half a century now, and I've been wr... Read More
