July 12th, 2024 Jesse Cramer
It’s breakfast time, you’re hungry, and I’m offering you two options: A healthy, adult hen Two dozen eggs Your first thought is probably: “Seriously? It’s just breakfast. I don’t want a live chicken running around my house.” Forget that thought for now. If you’re like me, your mind next asks, “If I do choose the […]
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January 12th, 2024 Steve DiGioia
About one of every seven retired people in the U.S. depend on Government managed retirement for essentially the entirety of their pay, as per an AARP examination. Be that as it may, these advantages don’t generally come without Uncle Sam’s surprises. Some States Tax Social Security for Retirees To demolish monetary issues for retired folks […]
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February 21st, 2023 Kim Blanton
As the bad first two years of the pandemic recede in the rear-view mirror, a new report reminds us how tough things got for renters. In 2021, a record 21.6 million U.S. families were paying more than 30 percent of their income on rent, which is the real estate industry’s benchmark for people whose housing […]
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January 12th, 2023 Kim Blanton
Scores on 8th grade standardized math tests dropped during the pandemic, reversing a large part of the gains students had made since the 1990s. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona called the news last October “appalling.” But declining scores only confirmed for many parents what they had witnessed as their children struggled to engage in […]
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November 29th, 2022 Kim Blanton
In COVID’s early months, millions of workers’ incomes dried up as the unemployment rate skyrocketed. But older Americans were somewhat shielded from the downturn. That’s because they either are over 62 and on Social Security or receive federal disability benefits every month at higher rates than young adults. And just like everybody else, they got […]
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October 4th, 2022 Kim Blanton
Alrededor del 14 por ciento de trabajadores y trabajadoras aquí hablan español. El Seguro Social tiene un sitio web para usted. Translation: About 14 percent of the working-age population here speaks Spanish. Social Security has a website for you. It’s critical that workers who speak only Spanish or are more comfortable with the language have […]
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