Q: I have an appointment to apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). What kind of information will I need to take with me?
A: So the application process can go smoothly, you should bring:
Your Social Security number;
Your original birth ...
Suppose I'm a business -- and what a handsome business I'd be! -- that's interviewing people for a job opening. There are two finalists, one 27 years old, the other 52.
They have similar qualifications, albeit the older candidate has more ...
Q: I understand that to get Social Security disability benefits, my disability must be expected to last at least a year. Do I have to wait a year before I can apply for benefits?
A: No. If you believe your disability will last a year or longer, ...
Time and money are inexorably linked through our life stages.
During our working lives, we sell our time to earn money at a job. And then we spend money to recapture precious time -- paying others to mow our lawns, complete our income tax returns...
"Down the Up Escalator: How the 99% Live in the Great Recession" by Barbara Garson; Doubleday (288 pages, $26.95)
In the official estimation of government economists, the Great Recession ended in 2009. But in Barbara Garson's new book, it lives...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Cassidy Myers moved back home last summer, the 24-year-old college graduate and her parents figured it'd be just a matter of weeks -- three months, max -- until she landed a new job.
Seven months later, despite dozens ...