Social Security Inevitable Inequity Drives Hidden Benefit Value
A reader critiques the retirement test and rising taxes while highlighting large non pension Social Security and Medicare benefits. The piece notes survivors and disability options, Medicare coverage at 65, and low cost Medi care insurance, urging acknowledgment of these entitlements beyond monthly pensions.
Nixon Faces Surtax Dilemma With Nixon Inauguration
Washington reports that Nixon faces a shaky fiscal outlook as inflation fights, Congress may let the 10 percent surcharge lapse in June unless he asks for an extension. Mills warns of tight budgets and potential tax changes while weighing tax credits and welfare links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Surtax
Nixon
Sterling Green
Washington
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Business Council
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Zachary Taylor
Capitol
Senate Finance
House Ways and Means
Pierre A. Rinfret
New York
London
Humphrey
UPI
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
U.S. News and World Report
Tax Savings Not Enough to Justify Mortgage Debt
The advisor explains that tax deductions from mortgage interest do not offset the cost of interest. Even with deductions, paying mortgage interest and taxes on savings income leaves you down unless your savings earn more than your mortgage rate. The key is earning more from investments than you pay in interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Insurance & Securities Incorporated
Long Beach
Orange County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erally
Council
Lyndon Johnson
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Your Daily Investor
Federal Savvngs OF
Ings
PINE
E. Ocean Ave
Hemiock
RKINC
Mr. Lees
ISI
Keke
Reece EE Koe
Crocker
Citizens National Bank
United States National Bank
Israel
Elwyn Dyer
District Manager
Long Beach Blvd
Calif
Monterey
Air West