Ask Suze ... Nine Volume Boxed Set Comprehensive Answers to Essential Financial Questions

ISBN: 9781573222822

出版年: 2004-1

页数: 144

定价: 21.00

内容简介

THE PROMISE OF
SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security. These two words may seem synonymous with
the distant future. But with today turning into tomorrow more
quickly than most of us are willing to believe??? I strongly advise
you to start learning as much about these two words as soon as
you possibly can??? no matter how old you are.
Why? For several reasons. The first is the most important: to
protect yourself. Do you really believe that when you retire or
become disabled or lose a loved one??? some eager representative
from the federal government will be going out of his way to
remind you that you are eligible for this or that set of benefits?
In the final analysis??? you and you alone are responsible for
your money. I m talking about not only your salary or the
income from your investments but also the Social Security
benefits--whether retirement??? disability??? survivors??? or depen-
dents-to which you are entitled in the future.
These days??? some 30 million Americans receive Social Secu-
rity checks??? averaging $943 a month for 2003 if they are age
62 and $1???158 a month if they are age 65. And this figure