I hope there is nothing in the air that is causing old goats like me to keel over. For some reason, I’ve been getting a lot ...

On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law, marking a major reform for public sector workers, ...

The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law on Jan. 5 of this year. Nationwide, about 3 million public-sector ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a change in the payment schedule for certain beneficiaries due to the calendar shift in February 2025.

Learn how much the average person receives in Social Security at age 65 and explore strategies to maximize benefits and manage financial challenges.

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Source: Social Security Administration. As of December 2024. You can see that younger folks get much smaller benefits. Here's why: Each of us has a full retirement age at which we can start ...

You can see that younger folks get much smaller benefits. Here's why: Each of us has a full retirement age at which we can start collecting the full Social Security benefits to which we're ...

Earlier this year, the Social Security Fairness Act passed into law, resulting in increased monthly benefits for more than 2 million public sector retirees. The law repealed two prior provisions ...

You'll note that despite this, Social Security benefits don't allow anyone to live like royalty. That $78 per month in 1964 amounted to just $936 over the course of a year. The more recent average ...