My mom’s just started receiving benefits. I told her to get it now before it’s gone. I suspect a lot of people are doing the same.
However, I am gainfully employed at present. In the event this employment ends, I will immediately file for and begin to receive my SS.
Therefore, I humbly ask that all of you younger folks out there keep working! In fact, take on two jobs....
We need you to continue to fund the SS so that I can continue to draw it.
Don't worry....with the new socialist gummint of the US, you'll all be on government social programs by the time you reach 62. I'll be long gone by then....along with all the money that you kind folks contributed to my "golden" years!
Heck of a system we've designed for ourselves, yes?
I’m 62 in one year and seriously thinking about taking it from the beginning....who knows what will be left later???
That's exactly what I did 8 years ago. The first 3 years I had to reduce my earnings in order to avoid the penalty of earning too much. After I reached 65 I could earn as much as I wanted with no SS penalty.
I want to live long enough to draw out all I paid in, plus a reasonable amount for the interest that money should have earned over the years.