Look into the recent lists of dividend champions, achievers and challengers. 4-5 percent is do-able with a reasonable degree of safety, but do your due diligence. Higher payers are not always safe bets and they can cut their payouts which will result in a hit on the stock price.
“Look into the recent lists of dividend champions....”
I agree. My point to the poster was not from investment standpoint, rather that what he paid was a tax that was not subject to recall and that he was not due interest that otherwise would have been paid.
It’s a common argument used with SS - your excellent advice notwithstanding.