{"id":187,"date":"2024-02-08T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2024-11-23T08:25:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T13:25:31","slug":"how-much-do-you-know-about-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"How much do you know about social security?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently reading an article about young workers and social security.\u00a0 The article mentions that many young adults don\u2019t understand social security and the impact that social security and saving can have on their future plans. Some basic facts about social security are listed below:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An annual social security statement is mailed to you each year just before your birthday.<\/li>\n<li>The statement lists how much you\u2019ve been paying into the social security system since you\u2019ve started working.\u00a0 The report also lists what you have accumulated in benefits over the period of your employment history.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to update your name and social security number with your employer if you have recently gotten married.<\/li>\n<li>Social security provides more benefits than just for retirement.\u00a0 Social security provides added protection if you become disabled or in the event of death.\u00a0 Page two of your yearly statement shows how much you have earned and can expect to receive in the event of disability or death.<\/li>\n<li>Social security provides an income source when you retire.\u00a0 The average is around 40% of earnings before retirement.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t depend solely on social security.\u00a0 Create an investment and retirement plan through your employer or by obtaining an IRA.<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/wp-admin\/www.choosetosave.org%20\">www.choosetosave.org<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymoney.gov\/\">www.mymoney.gov<\/a> , or <a href=\"http:\/\/investor.gov\/\">http:\/\/investor.gov<\/a> and get started today with an investment and retirement plan.<\/li>\n<li>The US Social Security Administration website is: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/\">www.ssa.gov<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter.:<\/strong><strong> http:\/\/twitter.com\/1stCapAdvise<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently reading an article about young workers and social security.\u00a0 The article mentions that many young adults don\u2019t understand social security and the impact that social security and saving can have on their future plans. Some basic facts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=187\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,29,40,41,4],"tags":[46,5,30],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-laws","category-education","category-investing","category-personal-finance","category-savings","tag-education","tag-investing","tag-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}