Would you let the Committee know when the field offices have all been informed, not to use the break-even analysis and not to advise that someone retroactively--not to suggest that someone should retroactively claim for a lump sum?
Claire McCaskill
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Claire McCaskill is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019. She was the first woman elected to the Senate from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, McCaskill focused on issues such as healthcare, military support, and government accountability during her tenure in the Senate. She played a significant role in various legislative efforts and was known for her outspoken views on military contracting and defense spending.
It is staggering that so many Americans do not even realize that this is a decision at all.
We have, right here, on the source for someone who is retiring, on your web page, a sentence that is flatly false.
You can make excuses and disagree, you can say, 'We will think about it,' or you can say, 'You know, thanks. You are right. We are going to change this.'
I cannot imagine that that is not the most frequently asked question, because it is one that everybody--I am--you know, I will be honest here.
We hope that SSA will finally see it is in all of our interests to make sure that the public... should be one of their very top priorities.
It is outrageous that it says that on this website, because it is simply not true.
I think part of the problem is that we are all wanting the Social Security Administration to say, 'We can do this better.'
Tell people that if you make it to 65, odds are you are going to live 20 more years.
One out of three agents... suggested a claimant retire earlier and get a lump-sum payment. Acceptable?
Why don't you say '62, 66, 70'? Is there a reason? I mean, is there a good reason?
Do you believe that the main reason people are not waiting is lack of knowledge or lack of resources?
Now nobody is worse than the Pentagon. On your worst day, Ms. Reno, you will never be as bad as the Pentagon, because the Pentagon is at the apex of wasteful spending on IT acquisition.
I find it ironic that financial experts say this but the American public is clueless that this decision is so important.
How much more? Eight percent a year. Eight percent a year. That is a very attractive return in today's market.
I do not get the reluctance of the Social Security Administration. For years, bipartisan groups have been asking you to give more data.
The percentage of people who claim at 62 has declined over the last 15 years.
We have had three bipartisan commissions telling you the same thing, and you have just been taking a look.
I swear, I am going to raise a ruckus about this until this website gets fixed.
The disappearing of defined benefits is paying a huge penalty on so many Americans and Social Security is all they have got.