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Today France, Tomorrow the USA? Dec. 24, 2019
As that rail and subway strike continued to paralyze travel in Paris and across France into the thir... Read More
Working Women, Stay-At-Home Moms And Social Security Dec. 18, 2019
Sometimes I will write what I think is the most harmless and innocuous column about a Social Securit... Read More
Will This Be My Last 'Notch Baby' Column? Dec. 11, 2019
About once every two years or so, I write a column about Social Security's infamous "notch baby" iss... Read More
More Complaints About Social Security Service Dec. 04, 2019
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the fact that the new commissioner of Social Security, a guy name... Read More
Women Who Say They Are Not Getting Enough From Social Security Nov. 27, 2019
Just out of curiosity, I wanted to find out what the most common questions readers have been asking ... Read More
Name That Commissioner Nov. 20, 2019
I am going to give you a series of names. I would give any reader a hundred bucks if he or she could... Read More
Filing Date Still Confuses Readers Nov. 13, 2019
Even after writing several recent columns about the issue, I still get many emails from readers conf... Read More
Mailbag Miscellany Nov. 06, 2019
I usually like to have a theme to my columns. In other words, I will generally just cover one topic ... Read More
Don't Confuse Social Security With SSI Oct. 30, 2019
Every single day, I get emails from people who will say something like this: "My wife and I are gett... Read More
How Do Social Security Survivor Benefits Add Up? Oct. 23, 2019
Dear Carrie: My husband and I are each getting Social Security based on our own work records. When o... Read More
Retroactive Social Security Benefits Explained Oct. 23, 2019
A few months ago, I briefly discussed the possibility of retroactive Social Security retirement bene... Read More
Clearing Up More Myths and Misunderstandings Oct. 16, 2019
I pointed out in last week's column that there are hundreds of myths and rumors being spread —... Read More
Social Security Program Myths Oct. 09, 2019
I could write a book called "The Top 100 Social Security Myths." And that book would be divided into... Read More
Seniors Seek Help for Their 'Kids' Oct. 02, 2019
I wrote about this phenomenon about a year ago. And it never ceases to amaze me. I'm referring to th... Read More
Do You Have to Pay Income Taxes on Social Security Benefits? Sep. 25, 2019
Dear Carrie: From what I've read, if a married couple has annual withdrawals from 401(k) plans, indi... Read More
Elizabeth Warren: Following in the Footsteps of FDR Sep. 25, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a plan to convert Social Security into a program that unambiguously redist... Read More
Divorced Women Surveyed About Social Security Sep. 25, 2019
I've written many columns in the past with messages targeted to divorced women. And I thought I had ... Read More
Can Senior Citizens Get Social Security Disability Insurance? Sep. 18, 2019
Maybe it's the sign of the times, but I've been getting a lot of emails recently from senior citizen... Read More
More SSA Blunders Sep. 11, 2019
I recently came across a Facebook page dedicated to Social Security Administration retirees. I decid... Read More
I Can't Get Involved in Personal Social Security Cases Sep. 04, 2019
Over the more than 20 years that I've been writing this column, I'm sure I've helped tens of thousan... Read More
