[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.

[Boomer One]

Wife was forced to draw at 62 because of Obamacare. Her health insurance premiums increased by $500 a month and we couldn’t absorb the additional cash outflow. Seems like this is a case of burning the candle at both ends, increased government spending coupled with decreased personal spending. Yeah, that’ll stimulate the economy.