A $4,356 Social Security Benefit Cut Is Coming -- Will You Be Ready?

This has been a challenging year in so many respects for the American public. The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the way we interact with one another, and it's displaced more than 20 million workers. If you're an investor, you were also taken on a wild ride, with the stock market packing about 10 years' worth of volatility into a period of four months. And don't even get me started about the murder hornets.

But one of the few solaces working Americans have always been able to take is the idea that, if they earn 40 lifetime work credits, a Social Security benefit will be waiting for them when they retire.

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