Here's Your Social Security Plan

And it ain't Social Security. Eight ways to get your retirement finances in shape now
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It’s Social Security’s 80 birthday, and while news about the program’s financial status is rarely upbeat, most Americans are glad it still exists. Women and lower-earning workers rely particularly heavily on the program.

Here's why you need to pretend it doesn't exist.