Yer damn right “the hot kind”
It’s MY damn money, I want it.
Tired of people calling me a fool for wanting what is mine.
My retirement was wiped out 20 years ago in a divorce. SS is more than just a side issue for me. I actually paid the maximum amount more than a few years.
I am tried of people telling me SS is an entitlement program. It's not welfare.
The only part that's an entitlement to it is that I am entitled to it because it is my money.
I am also tired of people calling me an idiot for drawing SS. It is my money and I am just getting some of it back.
Nobody is forcing anyone to draw their SS benefits. If some people don't want it, fine with me but I don't deserve their derision because of my choice.
And finally, this author is full of BS.
Saying SS is not a retirement plan or that it doesn't provide "security" is moot to those of us who are drawing our benefits and living on it already.
My wife and I live comfortably on our SS income raising beef cattle on a farm. Our new home and 30 acre farm in Florida and three others houses we own in South Carolina (rental), Arizona (rental) and a lake house second home 10 miles away from here, are all free and clear of mortgages. We don't owe money on our credit cards and we travel three or four times a year, as well. Pretty crappy retirement living on SS.
We're not "rich" but we are not "poor" either. We managed our finances, saved our money and minimized debt when we worked and raised our kids. We didn't party it all away. Not sure what kind of retirement some folks want but the idea put forth by many financial advisers that one needs millions of dollars to retire comfortably is BS.