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A credit score is a three-digit number between 300 and 850 generated by a mathematical algorithm (a mostly secret formula) based on ® information in your credit report, compared to by tens Mary of Hunt information on millions of other people.

Like it or not, the resulting number is said to be a highly accurate prediction of how likely you are to pay your bills.

If it sounds boring and unimportant, you couldn’t be more wrong. Credit scores are used extensively these days. If you rent an apartment, get braces, buy cellphone service, apply for a job or call to get utilities connected, there’s a good chance your report and score will be critiqued to qualify.

If you have a credit card, the bank or issuer of that account is likely to regularly look at your credit score and payment history to decide whether to decrease your credit limit or charge you a higher interest rate.

The higher your score, the better you look to lenders. People with the highest scores get the lowest interest rates. And they’re getting the jobs.

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More credit might seem wise in order to increase your available credit-to-debt ratio, but it will be seen as a negative to your score. New, or “young,” accounts are not useful in credit scoring because they dilute your average account age.

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If you are having trouble making ends meet, contact your creditors, or see a legitimate credit counselor. This won’t rebuild your credit score immediately, but if you can begin to manage your credit and pay on time, your score should increase over time. And seeking assistance from a credit counseling service will not hurt your credit scores. But beware: There are lots of shysters out there masquerading as negotiators, settlers and credit counselors.

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The National Federation for Credit Counselors is legit. In fact, it is the only credit counseling organization I recommend and endorse. It has been around for many years and has earned the highest reputation. It is a wonderful organization you can trust that has come to the rescue of thousands of my readers over the years. It is ready to help you, too!

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I was heading into a local grocery store the other day, and I noticed a few people gathered around a car parked in one of the spots reserved for people with disabilities. I heard someone yelling. As I got closer to the car, I saw an old guy ranting and raving at the driver of the car, a woman maybe in her mid-40s. There was a younger man in the passenger seat. I can’t repeat the “colorful” language the guy was using. But here is a snippet of what I heard: “Why the @#$% are you parking in a handicapped spot? You don’t have a sticker, and there’s obviously nothing wrong with you!”

The woman got out of her car. And with a totally unexpected air of quiet dignity, she calmly told this man: “My son has end-stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He has about three months to live.

I would think that for the last 90 days of his life, he ought to be able to park a little closer to the front door of this grocery store.”

The jerk slumped away muttering something unintelligible. The small crowd of people were booing him and actually started clapping for the driver of the car. It really was a touching moment.

I just wish I could show some of this same quiet dignity when I respond to the frequent email rants I get from so many people about the Social Security disability program. I’m always puzzled why so many people simply assume that most folks getting disability benefits, just like people parking in handicapped spots, are pulling a fast one over on the rest of us.

Getting a handicapped sticker for your car is one thing. Getting Social Security disability benefits is an entirely different matter. Please, dear readers, believe me: As someone who worked with the disability program for many years, I know you have to be severely disabled to qualify for benefits. Of course, I’m not naive enough to think that out of the millions of Social Security disability beneficiaries, there aren’t a few bad apples in that big barrel who are getting benefits they don’t deserve. But I assure you their numbers are few and far between.

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Some people have written to complain about drug addicts and alcoholics getting benefits. Let me clear up that myth. You DO NOT get Social Security disability benefits simply because you are an addict or alcoholic. But you might get benefits if you have problems associated with those addictions. For example, you could qualify for disability if you have severe liver disease, a condition that might have been brought on by excessive drinking. But that’s no different from someone getting benefits who has lung cancer brought on by heavy smoking.

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know someone (a brother-in-law, a neighbor, that then let me put the burden on you. If you claim to guy in the handicapped parking space) who they know someone you think is getting Social Security disability benefits he or she is not due, I challenge believe is getting such benefits fraudulently.

For example, someone recently complained you to do something. Turn that person in. Call the to me that she knows a woman who is getting dis- Social Security fraud hotline at 800-269-0271. Or go ability benefits who takes kickboxing lessons. online at https://www.socialsecurity.gov, and Someone else saw a neighbor who is on disability click on “Report Fraud” under the “Contact Us” cleaning his gutters. Another reader told me about link. Your report can be anonymous.

However, I also can tell you from experia guy “with a fake disability” who was painting a house. Somehow, those little snippets of daily life ence that 99% of you who claim to know people who proved to them that these folks were cheating the are supposedly cheating the system will not do this.

That tells me two things. First, people will believe system.

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Someone else told me about a guy who If you have a Social Security question, Tom Marwas getting disability benefits who “gambles all his genau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social money away every month at a local casino.” She Security: Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at went on to say, “This proves the system is corrupt.” creators.com/books. Or look for it on Amazon or other

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