Using the Online Social Security Retirement Benefit Estimator
December 5, 2008 by MJP
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Baby boomers and others thinking ahead about retirement wait patiently and sometimes anxiously for the delivery of their annual paper copy of their Social Security earnings record and benefit estimate. Mr. GoTo’s statement arrives each September. Read more
How I Review My Annual Social Security Statement
December 4, 2008 by MJP
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I receive my annual Social Security Statement like clockwork each fall. The contents of the statement, particularly the estimate of my retirement benefits, were of particular interest this time because of the dramatic economic and stock market events of 2008. Read more
I’m Still Counting on Social Security – How About You?
December 2, 2008 by MJP
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If you are like me, you have read and heard many people proclaiming that Social Security will disappear and not be there when it is our turn to retire and collect benefits.
I don’t believe it. And even though I am a strong proponent of being responsible for your own financial future, I am counting on Social Security being there for baby boomers and beyond.
This is Why Social Security is Here to Stay Read more



