And so I just ask a rhetorical question: I wonder what we would do if that were the case?Mr.

by Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff and personal finance writer Terry Savage.Kotlikoff told CBS MoneyWatch.

700 rules that can easily trip up claimants and cost them tens of thousands of dollars in lost benefits.the widow or widower is locking in their retirement benefit at the age when they make that claim.or about five years before the full retirement age for most people.

That often dissuades older workers from continuing to work after they claim.you get about about roughly $1.

the errors arent the fault of beneficiaries.

With 1 million people overpaid every year and about 70 million Social Security recipients.Members from another three chapters have rejected Fords proposed labor contract.

The tier system was a concern for union members from the start.Autoworkers are also rejecting those the agreements because they still have an issue with the automakers two-tier wage system.

But whats happening with the Big 3 is slightly different.a growing number of union members seem to think otherwise.