MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 27: Democratic presidential candidates take part in the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images The second night of the Democratic debates marked a shift both in tone and topics. While the first night of the
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Getty Getty Retirees will collectively lose an estimated $3.4 trillion in potential retirement income, or an average of $111,000 per household, because they claimed Social Security at a financially sub-optimal time, according to new research out today by fintech United Income. That works out to a potential 9% increase in total expected future income, or
Three days ago, I posted a column showing that Social Security is mailing out wildly incorrect benefit statements. I say statements because I presume if the Social Security computer produced one crazy benefit statement, it produced a slew. The column discusses one bizarre statement, copying the relevant part. The statement tells the worker that if
When the city of Columbus, Ohio, submitted its bid to become Amazon’s HQ2, city officials rolled out the usual fanfare: an assortment of tax incentives, promotion of its major educational institutions and real estate deals. But the hallmark of its proposal was a pitch to create a smart city by “embracing the reinvention of transportation
Digital economy. Getty The G20 leaders are currently meeting in Japan to discuss closer economic cooperation, including in the domain of digital trade. At the preparatory G20 meeting of finance ministers earlier this month a notable progress was made towards an agreement on the reform of the international corporate tax framework. The proposed changes would lead