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The federal government has been sending Social Security checks to retirees for more than 88 years. You’d think that after almost a century of...
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Call me crazy, but if I’m dealing with an employee of a company, who has been trained by that company, then that person should...
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Alhambra's Bob Williams answers the question, "Can you receive a Social Security Spousal benefit if you are separated but not divorced?".
Retirement is supposed to be the time of carefree living; the reward for a lifetime of hard work, saving, and sacrifice. But it seems...