You’re young and lucky enough to be gainfully employed, but it’s a hard time to be starting out in life – the job market is perilous, financial markets are volatile and the housing market’s direction is anyone’s guess. Is this any time to be thinking about saving for a secure retirement? Absolutely. Top retirement experts [...] [read full article…]
At a time when retirement security has eroded, a plan for retirement has never been more important–especially for middle-class families who might be facing deficits in retirement savings, sharp declines in the value of their homes, and unforeseen loss of income from employment. Do-it-yourself planning certainly is an option, but a little help from a [...] [read full article…]
Here’s a political proposal that sounds reasonable: Fix struggling government entitlement programs by cutting the benefits of rich people, who don’t need them anyway. How about it, Jon Huntsman? “Well, let me just say on entitlements – across the board, I will tell the upper income category in this country that there will be means [...] [read full article…]
The social safety net that protects seniors already is frayed, but expect politicians to try poking some new holes in the mesh during the 2012 campaign season. This year, lawmakers and presidential candidates have batted around proposals to privatize Social Security, raise its retirement age or reduce cost-of-living adjustments. Medicare privatization has been pushed in [...] [read full article…]
The Republican Party has staged a mind-numbing 18 presidential debates this year, and more questions and answers lie ahead as the primaries and general election get into high gear in the new year. The future of Social Security and Medicare will be central issues in the 2012 election. The ongoing debate about income inequality also [...] [read full article…]
