085: Making Sense of Social Security with Mary Beth Franklin

Few people understand this better than Mary Beth Franklin. Mary Beth is a benefits guru, a contributing editor at InvestmentNews, a nationally recognized expert in Social Security claiming strategies, and a frequent public speaker. With a background as a Capitol Hill reporter and experience as a retirement and tax editor at a national magazine, she's an authority on retirement income planning.

Today, Mary Beth joins the podcast to answer your many questions about Social Security. You'll learn how Social Security became the overly complicated system that it is today, why you may want to delay taking your benefits (or take them early), and how best to accurately get a sense of when to start taking withdrawals (and what you'll owe). Most importantly, you'll find out how to avoid the bad advice that so many retirees get - and learn how to create a plan that will work for you and your family.

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