[Lou L]

Has anyone noticed how all those article about when to start collecting your SS benefits virtually all conclude that you’ll earn more if you wait until you’re older to collect? LOL!

Some of those articles almost take the tone of ridicule--"how dare you take SS when you're first eligible?" You're missing out on the maximum payment!"

There are no guarantees in life, and no one will be lying on their death bed, wondering if they could've received a little more money from Uncle Sugar.

[DJ Frisat]

"Has anyone noticed how all those article about when to start collecting your SS benefits virtually all conclude that you’ll earn more if you wait until you’re older to collect?"

For a couple of reasons, I started to draw mine when I first became eligible at 62.

1) We needed it, 2) A lot could happen in 4 years before I reached the full retirement age. I could fall ill and die. Or the system could collapse due to decades of fraud at the hands of despicable, corrupt politicians, and giving benefits to those who should not be receiving them in the first place.

I wanted to make sure I got some of my 'contributions' back before Obie's illegals bankrupt the system.