Economist: Don&#39;t count on Social Security
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The day is coming when the Social Security system won&#39;t be able to pay retired Americans, a nationally known economist warned Wednesday while visiting Decatur.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned yesterday of a generational time bomb that will go off once millions of baby boommers retire and tax the Social Security and Medicare systems beyond their capacity.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress on Wednesday to take a go-slow approach in setting up the private Social Security accounts favored by President Bush. The president said he wasn't ruling out taxing high-income workers more to help the retirement program.
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Looking at alternate plans for Social Security
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The 67-year-old retired print technician doesn&#39;t make enough in Social Security to cover prescription drugs for his stomach ulcer and his wife, Delores&#39; bone density problems.
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Near-retirees age 55 and older would receive benefits without any changes under President Bush's far-reaching plan for Social Security. But the government guarantee would drop for younger workers whether or not they set up personal accounts.
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Is Social Security an important part of civilized society, or just another form of welfare?
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A new study finds that Americans' failure to save may be caused by the mechanics of saving systems, not by moral opposition.
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If you work after you've started receiving Social Security, you could lose some of your benefits.
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US Treasury Secretary John Snow said creating private investment accounts within the Social Security system will help the federal program avoid ``deep cuts&#39;&#39; in benefits or ``huge&#39;&#39; increases in payroll taxes.
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An aging US population will strain public finances and hurt the economy without swift fixes to the social safety net, such as raising the age for
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Social Security disability benefits may not be safe from the across-the-board cuts that are likely in President Bush's proposal to allow personal investment accounts.
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Don't count on your friendly brokerage to steer you to a comfy old age.
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The idea that letting people invest some of their Social Security money in the stock market will allow for higher returns is as flawed as a perpetual motion machine.
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The long-term economic health of the United States is threatened by $53 trillion in government debts and liabilities that start to come due in four years when baby boomers begin to retire.
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People donât pay enough attention to how repugnance affects decisions about what can be bought and sold, asserts an economist at Harvard University.
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Tens of thousands of Americans are discovering, as they approach retirement, that money they were promised is not forthcoming.