Should you Focus on a Social Security Break-even Analysis? - Episode 48
A break-even analysis is useful for comparing investments, but Social Security is not an investment. Social Security is more like an insurance policy.
Hear from founder and president, Tim Doehrmann.
A break-even analysis is useful for comparing investments, but Social Security is not an investment. Social Security is more like an insurance policy.
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