Posted on 12/12/2010 12:02:28 PM PST by Graybeard58
I reckon he figured there was no way to get that done during the lame duck. And he knows for sure it won’t happen after that :-)
most of us don't go flying around the world...most of us want enough money to visit children and grandchildren, to help them out, to eat out once in a while and maybe take a vacation or two every year...
I can see one of us delaying SS for a year or two, if the cards are right, but frankly, we’ve worked long and hard already....just hope they don’t steal away the 62 yro thing....
in retrospect the whole schtick of "good growth mutual funds held for a long time" and "the early bird catches the worm" or any of those folksy sayings just beat the hell out of most of us...the freeloaders, the flippers, the lying, cheating bankers....they all saw to it that hard work and saving wasn't worth it...
That's about 5 years away for me (gulp). If the politicians make any age changes, they will not effect anybody over, say 45 yrs old. SS is still the "third rail" and they will step gingerly around the edges.
My feeling is that I will start collecting my SS ASAP and, since I probably won't need it, I'll sock it away and/or invest it wisely. If I play my cards right, that 5 years of socking away and investing should yield more than enough to make up for the monthly difference I would get by waiting. That's my theory, anyway.
You can always work part time...up to a certain amount before the gov’t takes to much in taxes.
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