To: upchuck
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.
To: microgood
Thanks for the advice. I think I'll take the money while it's still there to take.
SS is in BIG trouble. I want mine as quickly as possible.
Congress can stop SS anytime they want. There's no law that says SS has to go on forever.
I'll take my chances.
49 posted on
09/09/2006 8:07:47 PM PDT by
upchuck
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