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Jun 06

The dollar loses value every day

D.B. in Plano Texas links two major sources of worry. "I am a recipient of both Social Security and Medicare. I remember the Nixon era economic panics. Would you hazard a guess as to when, in your judgment, we can reasonably expect a devaluation of the dollar as a fix for the current economic dilemma...

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Jun 06

Ride to Live, Live to Ride

A recent column, " Life is less expensive for older couples ," brought a divided reader response. Carl J., a Houston reader, wrote: "It is the first time that I have seen something resembling the truth about retirement. I don't know where these people are coming from--- the ones who give outrageous percentages...

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May 06

When Worlds Collide

One small set of tables among all the Social Security and Medicare trustees' report documents tells us two worlds will collide much sooner than expected. The worlds aren't planets. They are the world of U. S. government operations and the related, but separate, world of Social Security and Medicare....

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May 06

This Year, a $3 Trillion Lump under the Rug

A major supply of bedtime reading became available on May 1st--- the annual trustees' reports on Social Security and Medicare. Clocking in at 226 and 219 pages, respectively, the reports guarantee sleep for the innumerate. The reports may also cause nightmares among those who dare to think about what...

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Feb 06

And Now, "Congress Risk"

You've heard about credit risk, interest rate risk and manager risk, right? Well, Donald D., a Houston reader, thinks there's a greater risk. I think he's right. He calls it "Congress risk." Writing in response to my recent column about the benefits of taking Social Security benefits later rather than...

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Aug 05

A Model Government Plan

"How does the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) compare with industry plans?" So asks F.C., a San Antonio reader. Answer: It compares very, very well. Indeed, in "The Coming Generational Storm" (MIT Press, $17) Professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff and I suggest that it could be the model for privatizing Social...

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Apr 05

Squeezing the Working Generation

The recently released 2005 Social Security Trustees Report, a 225 page document that will never be confused with the eagerly awaited "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince," contains a table you can use to foretell an important part of your future. Modestly titled "Table VI.F10. ---Estimated Annual...

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Apr 05

How Medicare Will Overwhelm Social Security

You can stop worrying about cuts in Social Security benefits after 2040 due to unfunded liabilities. Why? Something worse will happen before then. Medicare will start to cut into your retirement benefits the day you retire. You can understand this by considering the fate of workers who retired at age...

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Jan 05

A New Deal for the 21st Century

When it comes to Social Security, it's all rocks and hard places. Over the next 75 years the unfunded liabilities of our most important social program are estimated at $3.7 trillion. That figure assumes that the $1.5 trillion in U.S. Treasury obligations in the Social Security Retirement Trust fund can...

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Jan 05

Social Security and the Four-Way Fairness Test

We're going to hear a lot about Social Security---probably a lot more than we want to hear. We'll hear dozens of sophisticated arguments from major think tanks of the left and right. Some will argue to continue the largest and most important social program in our history unchanged. Others will argue...

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