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Congrats on your retirement ! It’s great waking up every day knowing it’s Saturday. Great to be a member of the check of the month club.you worked hard, enjoy it.


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Posts: 127 | Location: Republic of Vermont | Registered: April 04, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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It’s great waking up every day knowing it’s Saturday.
Except for Sunday. Big Grin


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Congrats 911Boss. I started taking my Social Security at 66 yrs + 2 months. I'm probably going to step out of the career thing. I said I would always work as long as I looked forward to going into the office. At 68 it's starting to be a bit of a grind. Just deciding how I will bow out. Mystery employee or give the notice Big Grin
 
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Thanks to all who offered congrats and congrats to those who beat me to the “Check of the month club”. I’ll remember that, sounds better than being “on the teat” Wink



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@911Boss, thanks for information. We will be in the market for a house shortly, and I need that information for my lender.



Once your application is approved, you can print out a “Benefit verification letter” that shows the start date and monthly amount and any deductions.






What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???


 
Posts: 11597 | Location: Western WA state for just a few more years... | Registered: February 17, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I did a calculation of how much I've paid into Social Security versus how much I am taking out, not taking into account any internal rate of return on what I paid in, which is zero in real life since it's all shoveled out the door immediately for other people. The number is 78 months. I started taking my social security at age 67.5 - full retirement. At age 74 I'll be on welfare, having used up everything I (and my employers) paid in for my benefit. Medicare is going to be way fewer months, too. I'll do something about this at age 74. I'm not sure what yet, but I have 6 more years to decide. I don't like the thought of being a "Welfare Queen".....nope, not a bit.
 
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I did a calculation of how much I've paid into Social Security versus how much I am taking out, not taking into account any internal rate of return on what I paid in, which is zero in real life since it's all shoveled out the door immediately for other people. The number is 78 months. I started taking my social security at age 67.5 - full retirement. At age 74 I'll be on welfare, having used up everything I (and my employers) paid in for my benefit. Medicare is going to be way fewer months, too. I'll do something about this at age 74. I'm not sure what yet, but I have 6 more years to decide. I don't like the thought of being a "Welfare Queen".....nope, not a bit.


You should calculate what it has cost you, or iow what the fedgov stole from you, before you consider yourself on welfare.

Take the amounts you paid in, including the employer match (because you earned it so that they could pay it). Calculate what it would have become had you invested it in an index fund like the S&P 500. There's a myriad of ways to calculate what kind of retirement it supports in comparison to SS, but you will see that you have gifted fedgov a huge amount of money that you never get back.
 
Posts: 10062 | Location: On the mountain off the grid | Registered: February 25, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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You should calculate what it has cost you, or iow what the fedgov stole from you, before you consider yourself on welfare.

Take the amounts you paid in, including the employer match (because you earned it so that they could pay it). Calculate what it would have become had you invested it in an index fund like the S&P 500. There's a myriad of ways to calculate what kind of retirement it supports in comparison to SS, but you will see that you have gifted fedgov a huge amount of money that you never get back.


Yeah, I thought about doing a roi calculation but I just wanted a rough calculation. I already included the employer match. Medicare is even "worse".

I don't really mind taxes and such. I consider it the price I pay to live here. Sure, I get pissed off sometimes.....but I'm still a pretty dang lucky guy. More blessings to count that I can add up.
 
Posts: 164 | Location: East Texas | Registered: December 21, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I don't really mind taxes and such. I consider it the price I pay to live here. Sure, I get pissed off sometimes.....but I'm still a pretty dang lucky guy. More blessings to count that I can add up.


We have been so screwed over by the tax system because of our success. While we are good, we aren't filthy rich. Yet the system has raped us repeatedly. Meanwhile the system gives a free ride or even gives money to about half of all households.

That's what I object to. We get bled dry with taxes while so many others get the free ride. There's nothing fair or equitable in the tax system.

Yes, we are lucky to live here in the USA in this time period. No doubt about it. Most humans still live in terrible situations around the world. We worked hard for decades to achieve some level of comfort, an opportunity many do not have in other places.
 
Posts: 10062 | Location: On the mountain off the grid | Registered: February 25, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Congratulations. Planning on starting at 62 as well. 7 years to go!


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