Social Security

Question: I retired a year and a half ago and have been living on a severance payment since then. Sometime in the next few months, as I expected, I...

This final note today about the deficit. The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform made some news this afternoon. That's the...

Question: I have about $135,000 that I paid into social security, and also have been with the railroad for a long time and will retire soon. Can I...

Question: Can you send me some web sites (other than Social Security) that have calculators to help figure out when is the best time to retire in...

Question: My cousin, for whom I am Power of Attorney, is disabled after more than 30 years as a housekeeper. She receives disability Medicare, PERA...

Question: The $250.00 stimulus check that is supposed to be sent out is that supposed to be for the year 2010? I have checked the ssa.gov web and...

Question: I am still employed and am almost 67 years young. Is better to wait till I am 70 1/2 to collect Social Security benefits or take them now...

Question: I'm a professor at Duke University. However, I used to work at a state university, and in the 7 years I worked there, I did not...

Question: I keep reading that for every year after age 62 you delay SS your payments go up an average of 8%. Is this assuming you keep working?...

Question: Is it worthwhile for me to defer receiving Social Security benefits for a few years until I actually need them? I am started receiving...