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Social Security
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When they eventually retire, 99% of all current federal-postal workers will depend on their Thrift Savings Plan to provide a substantial portion of their future lifetime income.
July 16, 2020 -
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A lot of people who retired last year or earlier this year probably wish they hadn’t. Most are living on less.
July 08, 2020 -
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While most feds oppose WEP and GPO, today’s guest columnist said he’s looked at the background, crunched the numbers and in his opinion they are fair.
June 02, 2020 -
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Given the impact of the pandemic on the economy, and on prices, it is unlikely that retirees who get cost of living adjustments most years will be getting a COLA in January 2021.
May 27, 2020 -
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Although looking back on the first couple of months of 2020 might seem like the Good Old Days, benefits expert Tammy Flanagan said, “It was already destined to be pretty rocky” being an election year and all. But, then, of course, came the coronavirus pandemic.
May 14, 2020 -
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Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset cost millions of federal and public employees even more millions in dollars of benefits.
May 13, 2020 -
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Time in grade and in government doesn’t automatically mean you will be able to maintain a reasonable standard of living once you’ve traded your biweekly pay check for a monthly annuity.
April 29, 2020 -
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Now that the shock of the stock market correction has settled in, federal retirement benefits specialist Tammy Flanagan said it imperative to calculate what your net retirement annuity income with be.
April 01, 2020 -
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March has been a game-changer for billions of people. The pandemic has produced a variety of mid-life crises for just about every thinking person.
March 31, 2020 -
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Working for the federal government has its rewards and challenges. The same when you retire — a lot of options which also means a lot of choices.
February 26, 2020 -
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One of the great fears of people planning for retirement is running out of, or low on money while they are still breathing.
February 21, 2020 -
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The two decades-old laws impact, as in reduce or almost eliminate, the Social Security benefits of 1.8 million public servants.
February 18, 2020 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department is challenging a New Jersey law enforcement policy D-O-J says obstructs federal immigration enforcement.
February 11, 2020 -
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While your income will likely go down in retirement, moving to a more tax-friendly state could increase the cash value of your annuity.
January 08, 2020
