Social Security benefits have lost 30 percent of buying power since 2000. These are the findings of an annual TSCL study that examines the adequacy…
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By Representative Brad Wenstrup (OH-2) As of 2019, one quarter of American adults had no retirement savings at all. Only 36 percent of non-retired…
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Mary Johnson, editor Every year, I take a look at how the Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) compares with the rise in average…
Older Americans have the highest health risk from the coronavirus and now the coronavirus-caused economic recession, along with falling oil prices, put the next Social…
The abrupt and severe contraction in the U.S. economy caused by the coronavirus has far-reaching consequences for Social Security. Twenty million workers filed claims for…
The non-partisan Center for Retirement Research at Boston College released the following comparison to help you learn where the candidates stand on Social Security: https://crr.bc.edu/newsroom/2020-presidential-candidates-views-on-social-security/…