>>Hate to say this, but if you are dependent on social security you are a Government mind numbed robot. <<
Social Security is a big zero in my retirement plan (which I will pull the trigger on in a few years). I have it set to start taking SS benefits at age 70, maximum benefit level. If is is there, great. If not, it won’t change my lifestyle a whit.
But remember, SS (not SSI) was something people payed into and are supposed to get back. It isn’t welfare so people who plan on it are NOT “mind-numbed robots” anymore than people who paid into a bank-based retirement account.
Having worked for the US GVT for over 40 years my advice is to take what can get now, do not wait. If the GVT recommends you wait it is for their benefit, not yours.
But great luck to you, hope it works.
Just because people planned on it does not change the fact that it is welfare. People did not pay into it. People were taxed and the money was immediately spent. The fact that people went along with the all the lies proclaimed about the program does,not,change the program. It is a tax and spend welfare state entitlement designed to break people to the hand of the Democratic Party.