[upchuck]

Another tax you'll never see the benefit from.

I turn 62 next month and have applied for early Social Security "benefits" precisely because I question if the benefits will be around when I turn 65.

[microgood]

I turn 62 next month and have applied for early Social Security "benefits" precisely because I question if the benefits will be around when I turn 65.

If I were you I would rethink that. If you retire at 62 your benefits are severely decreased forever. You are old enough to benefit from SS before it totally tanks. My mother in law did that and now she is 75 and would have gotten about 80K more if she had waited the three years.