How to interpret Social Security benefit statements
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Public sector workers' payments may be reduced.
A financial adviser wrote to me recently asking how to interpret the Social Security estimated-benefits statement of one of his new clients, a veteran firefighter of more than 30 years.
The client's public-sector job is not covered by Social Security, but over the years, he has worked some side job
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