You might think that Social Security's family benefit maximum is what it sounds like, a straightforward dollar ceiling on the total amount that you, your spouse, and your children can receive on your earnings record and that the same ceiling… — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share
I hope the new health care exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act will provide some help. — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share Image
Either we pay the government's bills, or we leave them for our kids to pay. It's that simple. — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share Image
You might think that Social Security's family benefit maximum is what it sounds like, a straightforward dollar ceiling on the total amount that you, your spouse, and your children can receive on your earnings record and that the same ceiling would apply to everyone. But you'd be wrong. For starters, there's a rather weird and arguably unfair formula for calculating… — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share
The United States has experienced high rates of inflation in the past and appears to be running the same type of fiscal policies that… — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share Image
If you are advocating full retirement benefits starting at 60, my reaction is the system is already 31 percent underfinanced and can not afford… — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share Image
While the feds ... leave Social Security off their books, the government's obligation to make benefit payments to current and near-term Social Security recipients… — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share Image
