Retirement Age

What is Social Security? Social Security is a federal program that was created to provide economic security to workers in the United States. Social Security benefits are funded by payroll taxes collected from workers and self employed people. Social Security actually has two main programs, the Old Age, Survivor and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and [...]

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Spouses who do not work or who have substantially lower earnings than their spouse may be able to collect Social Security benefits based on their spouse’s earnings. Below is a common question about spousal benefits.

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Common Social Security Retirement Questions

by kristine on June 16, 2009

As Baby Boomers are getting closer and closer to retirement, they have many questions about Social Security retirement benefits, such as… Will Social Security be there for me when it’s my time to retire? We’ve heard for years that Social Security is going broke.  Millions of Americans rely on Social Security to fund all or [...]

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