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IT BEGINS! Start hiding gold in your mattresses and boarding up your windows, because today the first official U.S. baby boomer filed for Social Security. [Reuters]
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IT BEGINS! Start hiding gold in your mattresses and boarding up your windows, because today the first official U.S. baby boomer filed for Social Security. [Reuters]
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A new Consumer Reports survey says that 89% of Americans want the government to implement better safeguards on their social security numbers, and that 87% “claim to have been asked in the past year to provide their Social Security number, in whole or in part.” [MSN]
Federal law mandates that banks can’t take your Social Security to pay debts, but some banks are doing exactly that, endangering the ability of sick and dying elderly to pay for their health costs. WSJ reports:
Lost an important document? Misplaced your birth certificate, driver’s license, passport, social security card, property deed, title insurance policy, mortgage, car title, marriage license, divorce paper, or diploma?
Here’s a tax tip that might come into play for two-job holders. Make sure you didn’t overpay Social Security.
Over and over again, consumers are told to protect their social security number. It gets to the point where you feel like if you get your identity stolen, it’s your fault. But how well can you do if the companies you’re forced to hand over your private information to as a contingency for doing business with have lax security?
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