Archive for February, 2010
Double Social Security Benefits
How’d you like to double the size of your Social Security checks? You will goose your future retirement income if you are able to delay the start of your benefits from age 62 to 70, reports CBS MarketWatch.
Remembering Martin and Lewis
We got an email at BoomerCafé from an independent producer in Hollywood, a baby boomer named Jack Walters. Jack is restoring and digitally remastering old TV shows on which we boomers grew up – Remember the 70s.
Social Security Squeezed by Flood of Retirees
New figures show that the Social Security trust fund’s annual surplus was all but exhausted in 2009 as the recession steered hundreds of thousands of workers to retirement or claiming disability.
Younger Than You Are
If we’re going to be boomers … we mean, young boomers … we have to think young. And here’s something special for you young boomer girls: according to writer Marcia Barhydt, that means thinking about young men. Younger, maybe, than you are.
Boomers Smoking More Pot?
Some Baby Boomers aren’t giving up smoking pot as they age. Others are coming back to it as they retire, reports CBS News.
How to Find a Woman … or Not
Just because we’re older, it doesn’t always mean we’re smarter. That’s why Gary Morgenstein’s new book for guys about dating might be useful. And not just for guys.
10 Things About Social Security
It is among the most popular and important social programs in America, yet many Americans have only a vague idea about how it works. What nearly every American knows is that it’s in trouble, reports Greg Burns in The Chicago Tribune.
Baby Boomer Jobless Numbers Improve
When it comes to unemployment, Baby Boomers saw a little light at the end of the tunnel in January, reports AARP. Fewer Baby Boomers were unemployed in January than in December.
Baby boomers stimulate economy
The 60 percent decline in home prices in Las Vegas since 2006 has opened the door for out-of-state retirees to move to the region and stimulate the housing market, real estate observers say.
How Did We Ever Get This Far?
BoomerCafé now poses the question of every boomer’s lifetime: how did we ever get this far? From white bread to open fans to cars without seatbelts. Dave Williams has been wondering the same thing, and puts it all together in his funny look at “Surviving Childhood.”
