Tag: Social Security

Every state should have what Delaware has: a program that helps low- and moderate-income seniors find a financial survival strategy. Since it opened in 2013, the program, Stand by Me 50+, has connected more than 2,300 older residents – mostly retirees – with federal and state aid programs, advised them of Social Security’s rules, and…
Retirees have long been reluctant to spend the money they’ve accumulated in their 401(k) savings plans. But it also used to be common for retirees to have a traditional pension to cover their regular expenses. By the time the baby boomers came along, pensions were available to a dwindling minority of workers, and it isn’t…