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Show T ts safe bet that you, like the average American, are completely unaware of the incredible a bonanza recently granted you by Congress in the form of whopping new Social Security benefits. Item: When todays average worker of 22 retires, he and his wife, according to Social Security actuaries, will receive an annual pension of $38,000. Moreover, the total amount of Social Securit y he and his wife can expect to collect will surpass Haifa million dollars ! Item: The average American doesn't know it, but the single most valuable asset he now possesses is his Social Security. It is equivalent, in maximum brackets, to a guaranteed 5" income on cash in bank, stocks or real estate worth over $ 100,000 . Moreover, every cent of this bounteous income is TA X FREE! Item: Most Americans still believe, mistakenly, that Social Security is a dole exclusively for the aged. The fact is, however, that 10 million Americans under the age of 60 (and averaging a mere 30) are no w collecting Social Security. These non-olage pensioners receive $13 billion annually, and both their number and the amounts of money they collect are bound to increase in years ahead. So generous has Social Security for younger Americans become, in fact, that it amounts to Free Money. The biggest problem in connection with Social Security -- as the government itself is first to admit-- is giving the money away. That is, the publics woeful ignorance of the availability of funds has prevented its full distribution. Over one billion dollars, according to experts, remains undistributed in U.S. Treasury vaults simply because no one steps forward to claim it. help overcome this shocking ignorance, and see that get your share of the Security largesse, the of Moneysworth, the authoritative new consumer-affair- s and personal-financ- e fortnightly, have prepared-- as a public service a comprehensive, lucid, savvy, astonishing new manual entitled STAKE YOUR CLAIM! How to Work the Social Security Gold Mine. A copy is yours ABSOLUTELY FREE with a subscription to Moneysworth. STAKE YOUR CLAIM! Howto Work the Social Security Gold Mine is more than just an encyclopedic reference work with charts, tables, descriptions of benefits and sample application forms with instructions on how to fill them out. It is a personal adviser in a field of finance where impartial advice is otherwise almost impossible to obtain (the government, of course, is biased and lawyers are almost never willing to accept Social Security cases because, by law, they are not permitted to charge more than about SlOpercase). STAKE YOUR CLAIM! is, therefore, virtually the only trustworthy, definitive guide available on what may well be your single most valuable financial asset. It is 12,000 words long, handy in format, indexed for fast reference and embellished with a glossary that translates Bureaucratese. In a special section it anticipates, and answers, the most unabashed -- even Among the priceless nuggets of information you will pick up from this guide are answers to such questions as: How can you qualify for a pension even though you have never worked a day in your life, or contributed a cent in Social Security taxes, or even nearly reached the age of 65? J d fo How can you arrange to collect Security from both Canada and the United States? Why, under Social Security, does it often pay for a couple to live together rather than get married? Why is it crucial to check the balance of your Social Security account periodically, even though almost no one ever does? Does it ever pay to take out two Social Security cards? What are some colossal goofs of the Social Security Administration and how have they jeopardized individual accounts? collect the How can an same benefits as if she had remained married? Is it true, as some say, that you should shop for a pension at different Social Security offices since different interpretations of the regulations can result in pensions of different amounts? Since, as studies have shown, two out of three workers overpay their Social Security taxes, how can you check on your payments and possibly obtain a refund? Has your Social Security become so valuable that you should, as some people have done already, tattoo your account number somewhere on your body? What forms of deception have people employed in order to maximize their Social Security benefits and collect pensions early? What are the penalties for such deception? How can a husband collect a pension based on his wifes earnings? What essential documents do most people fail to preserve for presentation at the time of filing a claim? What steps, if any, are necessary to protect your pension from attachment by creditors? What tragic mistakes are most often made by the If you're not qualified for a pension by the time you reach 65, what can you do to become qualified? How can a parent collect Social Security on a childs earnings? When does Social Security cover mental illness? How should you alter your investment, savings and insurance plans in light of Social Securitys lavish new benefits? If you're a woman nearing pension age, how can you collect without revealing your age to your husband? What government retirement programs are even better than Social Security? What step do most pensioners fail to take in order to completely eliminate the possibility of loss or theft of their monthly checks? If youre already on Social Security, what can you do to increase the size of your monthly payments? How can a wife and both collect on the basis of the same man's earnings? What should you do if, as often happens, you change jobs during a year and both employers withhold maximum Social Security taxes? What federal program helps retired persons get jobs to augment Social Security income? By retiring to which foreign countries can you make Social Security go farthest, and under what circumstances can the government cancel your pension if you live abroad? What happens to your pension if an employer deducts Social Security taxes but fails to forward them to Washington for credit to your account? What special steps should you take if the firm you work for is financially shaky? How do you go about getting one of Social Securitys huge lump sum payments? Social ex-wi- ex-wi- fe In short, STAKE YOUR CLAIM1 How to Work the Social Security Gold Mine is a treasure map to the Social Security mother lode, telling what pitfalls to avoid, what tools to use, how to find your way through the maze of regulations and how to hit pay dirt. Its editor and compiler is Ralph Ginzburg, the publisher of Moneysworth, who himself collects $99.40 in Social Security every month and has been getting Social Security since he was 25. To repeat, a copy of STAKE YOUR CLAIM' is yours ABSOLUTELY FREE with a subscription to Moneysworth. 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