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| | The idea behind Social Security is remarkably simple. People aren't disciplined enough to save and invest their money responsibly. Hence, the Social Security program automatically deducts 12.4% of your income from every paycheck (half directly from you, and the other half from your employer). And once you retire, you receive a pension roughly proportional to...
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| | Click here for a printer-friendly version of this article It's good news that President Obama and Congressional leaders have reached agreement on a deal to prevent a near-term tax increase on individuals and small businesses. As a public trustee for the Social Security Trust Funds I feel, however, obliged to sound an alarm about [...]
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| | IN A RECENT TWITTER post, a man claimed that if all the Social Security taxes he and his employers pay were invested instead, he'd accumulate $1.9 million by age 67. That sum could then generate $95,000 in annual income, he added, which is more than his anticipated Social Security benefit. He concluded that Social Security was "theft." Claims like these bother me greatly because they're often widely read and believed-and they're nonsense. Social Security is an insurance program,
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| Here's a look at how special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results has unfolded.