Income & Wealth Social Security Social Security and Medicare: Getting Worse, But Out of Sight Here today, gone tomorrow. Attention to the annual reports from the Social Security and Medicare By Scott Burns / August 10, 2014
Better Spending Income & Wealth Retirement Social Security A Good Strategy for Increasing Future Retirement Income The most difficult idea to communicate in personal finance is the advantage of delaying Social By Scott Burns / January 26, 2014
Better Spending Income & Wealth Retirement Social Security The Incredible Importance of Social Security It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Social Security. I don’t say this By Scott Burns / September 8, 2013
Retirement Social Security Is Social Security a Good Deal? Very few people buy life annuities. There’s something about giving an insurance company our hard-earned By Scott Burns / July 7, 2013
At Large Retirement Social Security An Involuntary Work of Fiction The latest Trustees Reports for Social Security and Medicare contained some much reported tranquilizing news. There’s By Scott Burns / June 9, 2013
Retirement Social Security Taxes The Little Middle Class Tax That Keeps On Rising Both parties talk about “helping” the middle class. But will they actually do it? Don’t By Scott Burns / August 19, 2012
Retirement Social Security Taxes For the Real Condition of Social Security & Medicare, Turn to Appendix F Can you spell i-c-e-b-e-r-g? Well, we’ve hit one and our ship is taking on water. By Scott Burns / May 6, 2012
Better Spending Social Security Life: How Much Will You Leave On the Table? How would you like to double your retirement spending? Well, Michael Finke is working on By Scott Burns / April 8, 2012
Couch Potato Investing Retirement Social Security How Much Are Social Security Benefits Worth? OK, look that big gift horse in the mouth. How much are Social Security benefits By Scott Burns / October 2, 2011
Better Spending Couch Potato Investing Social Security Should We Eat Dessert First? “I’ll take my Social Security benefits ASAP, thank you very much.” That’s the thumbnail summary By Scott Burns / May 1, 2011
Income & Wealth Social Security Taxes Meditation on McDonald’s, Part 2 McDonald’s, April 4th, 10 a.m. It’s the morning lull here. The moms delivered the kids By Scott Burns / April 17, 2011