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• Milne’s son Christopher Robin was born in 1920, and became the model for the character in the Pooh books. For his first birthday, Christopher, who was mostly called Billy, received a stuffed bear from Harrod’s Department Store in London from his mother. The bear was given the name Edward, and sometimes Big Bear, or Teddy Bear. A.A. Milne first wrote of Edward in a poem published in a 1924 edition of Punch, and later in a collection of children’s poetry called “When We Were Very Young.” • During World War I, in faraway Winnipeg, Winnie the Pooh: Turn to page 3

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receive. There are millions of Social Security beneficiaries who get much more than that, primarily because they work well past age 66. And I must mention that I am not going to get into the muddled mess involving Medicare Part B premiums. (They are usually deducted from Social Security checks.) It’s a topic I’ve discussed in past columns, and no doubt will do in future columns. Suffice to say, for some people, their premiums will go up, possibly negating the small 0.3 COLA increase. For others, they will stay the same. Another measuring stick, called the national wage index, is used to set increases to other provisions of the law that impact Social Security beneficiaries and taxpayers. Specifically, this includes increases in the amount of wages or selfemployment income subject to Social Security tax, the amount of income needed to earn a quarter of coverage and the Social Security earnings penalty limits. The Social Security taxable earnings base will go up from $118,500 this year to $127,200 in 2017. In other words, people who earn more than $127,200 next year will no longer have Social Security payroll taxes deducted from their paychecks once they hit that threshold. This has always been a very controversial provision of the law. (Bill Gates pays the same amount of Social Security tax as his plumber!) Normally, I would bet my next pension check that any eventual Social Security reform package would include an increase in that wage base. But now with the anti-tax Republicans controlling both houses of Congress and the White House, I’m not so sure. Most people need 40 Social Security work credits to be eligible for monthly benefit checks from the system. In 2016, people who were working earned one credit for each $1,260 in Social Security taxable income. But no one earns more than four credits per year. In other words, once you made $5,040, your Social Security record has been credited with the maximum four credits or quarters of coverage. Next year, the one credit limit goes up to $1,300, meaning you will have to earn $5,200 in 2017 before you get the maximum four credits as-

It has been my custom for most of the past 18 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security changes and updates scheduled to take place the following year. Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized upcoming change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2017 due to the automated cost-of-living adjustment. In fact, Social Security recipients have probably already received a letter from the Social Security Administration telling them of the expected increase. I know my wife and I got our notices. All Social Security checks are going up 0.3 percent in 2017. The COLA is based on something called the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This is the official measuring stick SSA has used to determine COLAs for the past 44 years. If you want to learn more about this measure, check out the website of the folks who maintain it: the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I always dread mentioning COLAs in this column because every single time I do, I am flooded with emails from readers complaining that the increase is not enough. (Maybe not unexpectedly, not once in 18 years has anyone ever written to me to say that the COLA increase was too high!) Yet here’s the rub: Many economists and social planners believe Social Security COLAs are too generous! (I’ve explained why in past columns, but don’t have the space to get into that argument today.) That’s why most discussions of long-range reform for Social Security include proposals to reduce cost-of-living increases. Due to these increases, the average monthly retirement check will be $1,360 in 2017, a $5 increase from the 2016 level. The maximum Social Security check for a worker Tell them you retiring at age 66 next saw their ad year will be $2,687, compared to $2,639 in 2016. (I 1. The book of 3 Timothy is in the a) Old in Tidbits! know that is more than a 0.3 percent increase. The Testament b) New Testament c) Neither nize reason why is too complicated to explain here.) And tisers, please note that $2,687 is the maximum for some- You2.read From it Luke 6, what did Jesus tell His disin tidbits! one turning 66 next year. That does not mean it is ciples to do to those who cursed them? a) Ignore them b) Peacefully walk away the maximum Social Security payment anyone can c) Gently admonish them d) Bless them

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signed to your Social Security account. People under age 66 who get Social Security retirement or survivor’s benefits but who are still working are subject to limits in the amount of money they can earn and still receive all their Social Security checks. That limit was $15,720 this year and will be $16,920 in 2017. For every two dollars a person earns over those limits, one dollar is withheld from his or her monthly benefits. There is a higher earnings threshold in the year a person turns 66 that applies from the beginning of the year until the month the person turns 66. (The income penalty goes away once a person reaches that full retirement age.) That threshold goes up from $41,880 in 2016 to $44,880 next year. A couple other Social Security provisions are also impacted by inflationary increases. For example, people getting disability benefits who try to work can generally continue getting those benefits as long as they are not working at a “substantial” level. In 2016, the law defined substantial work as any job paying $1,130 or more per month. Next year, that substantial earnings level increases to $1,170 monthly. Finally, the Supplemental Security Income basic federal payment level for one person goes up from $733 this year to $735 in 2017. SSI is a federal welfare program administered by SSA, but it is not a Social Security benefit. It is paid for out of general revenues, not Social Security taxes. * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@ comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM

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