I have seen some ignorant comments on the Freep over the years but this takes the cake. This isn’t a new entitlement. This is allowing someone to access future benefits in exchange for deferred benefits near the time of retirement. This is a great concept.
It’s an entitlement unless it has a “claw-back” provision. There’s no way of knowing, today, what a person’s future employment will be. I’m interested in the idea of a Social Security withdrawal for new parents, but individuals might not go back to work. Or, she might never return to paid, Social Security taxable, work.
Pardon, I got myself garbled. My second point was that the Social Security system could collapse completely before a person who pre-drew reached retirement age.
Entitlement upon Entitlements that might never eventuate ...
Maybe we should go all private-pay or private charity.