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Let’s Hope One Day You Can Reach Retirement…at 80!

By Ken Marks | December 17, 2013 |

The tragic myth of the old cat lady, living in a hobble, feasting with twenty feral felines and sharing their food is a stark reality in this country. The lack of reform for Social Security has employers shifting from the good old days of well-executed retirement plans to the current 401(k)s. Senators are starting to…

Social Security Fund Expected to Wipe Out in 2033! Ride the Wave!

By Ken Marks | December 13, 2013 |

It’s a scary projection, but the Social Security Administration’s website claims the Social Security Fund will be depleted by 2033! This basically leaves only twenty years for the system to change and everyone knows these kinds of changes moves at a snails pace. One thing is for certain and that’s the probable influx of career…

Senior Citizens Are Doing Cartwheels For Senator Brown’s Social Security Boost

By Ken Marks | December 9, 2013 |

Senior Citizens of Orange County you can start putting that time-share in Florida to good use thanks to Senator Sharrod Brown of Toledo, Ohio. Brown is aiding in backing the “Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013” which would provide senior citizens with increased benefits and the ability to pay off past debts. Due to the…

Oops, they did it again? Doctor’s Private Information Released, Spawns Debate

By Ken Marks | December 4, 2013 |

Oops, Anthem Blue Cross did it again! The only slight twist in this scenario is instead of Blue Cross accidentally releasing private information about the patients, they released social security numbers and tax ID numbers of staff doctors. For almost 24 hours, almost 24,500 doctors were affected by the mistake, resulting in Anthem honoring free…

Hamilton Man Billed $2,000 From Forty Year Old Clerical Error

By Ken Marks | December 3, 2013 |

Rudolph Weiglein of Hamilton, Missouri better hire a social security attorney after discovering he owes $2,000 from a claim filed forty years ago! What’s even stranger? The claim didn’t belong to Weiglein, it belonged to his mother who claimed survivor benefits in 1965 after the untimely death of his father. The clerical error will force…

Charles Payne of Fox Business Retaliates on SSDI

By Ken Marks | November 29, 2013 |

Well, here we go again with another jab at the withdrawn, idled, mind-guzzling affects the Xbox has on the cyber generation. What’s so bad about the Xbox? Orange County men on disability or fans of the Xbox may not care for Charles Payne’s recent speech to a group of right wings. According to Charles Payne…

Teens Don’t Know Much About Social Security

By Ken Marks | November 21, 2013 |

The youth of today is very naïve.  Especially when it comes to facts regarding Social Security.  Heck, grown adults don’t even know everything that Social Security entails… A poll conducted by CNN and ORC International involving 1,010 people… teens to seniors over the age of 65 proved that folks just don’t understand the importance of…

College Students Face Future Social Security Crisis

By Ken Marks | November 18, 2013 |

Seems like billionaires are looking for a scapegoat regarding the deflating Social Security funding.  The Peter G. Peterson Foundation has been trying to get college students to blame senior citizens for the economy; their point being that these kids are screwed when it comes to their “Social Security inheritance”. $2.9 million-worth billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller, former…

CNBC Anchors Debate with ALF-CIO Associate Over Social Security Budget

By Ken Marks | November 13, 2013 |

Simon Hobbs, news anchor for CNBC, received a backlash when attacking the “supposed threat” of senior citizens collecting Social Security benefits.  His argument is that their laziness and hording of their claims will leave the U.S. bankrupt.  Thankfully, Damon Silver of the AFL-CIO is incredibly well informed and shot him down. “The last thing we…

COLA Promises Social Security Benefit Increase

By Ken Marks | November 11, 2013 |

As a result of the recent government shutdown, some 58 million Social Security beneficiaries will see a 1.5% rise in their benefits.  This percentage is based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). The nice thing for those who haven’t claimed Social Security benefits yet is that…