Social Security For Dummies. Jonathan Peterson

Who Don’t Need All Their Social Security Chapter 16: Ten Reasons Young People Should Care about Social Security If You’re Lucky, You’ll Be Old Someday Your Parents Will Be Old Even Sooner You’re Paying into the System Now You Benefit When Social Security Keeps People Out of Poverty You May Need Benefits Sooner than You Think Social Security Ensures That Time Doesn’t Eat Away at Your Benefit Social Security Benefits Are One Thing You Can Hang Your Hat On The System Works The Alternatives Are Worse Life Is Risky Chapter 17: Ten Choices Facing the Country about the Future of Social Security Whether to Increase the Earnings Base Whether to Cover More Workers Whether to Raise Taxes Whether to Cut Benefits Whether to Modify the Inflation Formula Whether to Raise the Full Retirement Age How to Treat Women More Fairly Whether to Divert People’s Taxes to Private Accounts Whether to Create a Minimum Benefit Whether to Give a Bonus for Longevity

      10  Part 6: Appendixes Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Resources Social Security Medicare AARP Other Sources Appendix C: Strengthening Social Security

      11  Index

      12  About the Author

      13  Advertisement Page

      14  Connect with Dummies

      15  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 1TABLE 1-1 Probabilities of Death or Disability

      2 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Full Retirement Age Based on Year of BirthTABLE 3-2 Increase for Delayed RetirementTABLE 3-3 Primary and Spousal Benefits at Age 62

      3 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 Visa Classifications That Allow You to Work in the United States

      4 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1 Reductions in Spousal Benefits

      5 Chapter 11TABLE 11-1 A Comparison of the SSDI and SSI ProgramsTABLE 11-2 Work Credits Needed for Disability BenefitsTABLE 11-3 Work Needed to Pass the Recent-Work TestTABLE 11-4 Examples of Work Needed to Pass the Duration-of-Work Test

      6 Chapter 13TABLE 13-1 Annual Retirement Earnings Test Exempt AmountsTABLE 13-2 For People Younger than Full Retirement Age during the Whole Year (20...

      7 Appendix CTABLE C-1 Ways You Can Increase RevenueTABLE C-2 Ways You Can Reduce BenefitsTABLE C-3 Ways You Can Enhance Benefits

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: The amount of your monthly benefit depends on the age you start rec...

      Guide

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      3  Copyright Page

      4 Table of Contents

      5  Begin Reading

      6  Index

      7  About the Author

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