If there is something you can count on, it is that there seems to be a new scam every day. While we’ve covered different types of Social Security scams over the years, Jeanne from Hackensack, New Jersey, forwarded a new one to share with you. “I received this email (displayed below) yesterday.I did not open...
Social Security has just turned 89 years old, but there are questions about its solvency headed into the November presidential election. The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Aug. 14, 1935, as a way of establishing a federal benefits system for older Americans. Today, Social Security’s trust fund...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president, signed the Social Security bill into law on this day in history, Aug. 14, 1935. He did so a mere 14 months after he sent a special message to Congress on June 8, 1934, that promised a plan for social insurance as a safeguard “against the hazards and...
Adults in the U.S. are more worried than ever about whether Medicare and Social Security benefits will be available when they need them. In response to a Gallup poll released in June, 75% of adults age 65 and younger said they are “worried” or “extremely worried” about lack of Medicare availability, according to a press...
