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Old 05-20-2015, 05:22 PM   #241
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I can't leave SS to my sons and my wife, if she survives me will get whatever she gets, not a concern. Longevity wise, my fathers side lived to their late 60's, my mothers side into their 90's. My fathers side smoked, my mothers side, no one did. I never did, but there is more to it than that. At about 62 now, I feel OK. Who knows.


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Old 05-20-2015, 05:26 PM   #242
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You can't leave SS but if you spend SS funds, you may have more of your savings left over.
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Old 05-20-2015, 05:31 PM   #243
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I don't see how anyone can say "break even at 22 years". Every situation is different with not only how you invest money, but also what you/your SO will receive for SS. I am receiving about $13k per year on my late wife's account. If I take my SS before 70, that $13k disappears. My break even will be much shorter than 22 years.
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Old 05-20-2015, 06:11 PM   #244
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I can't leave SS to my sons and my wife, if she survives me will get whatever she gets, not a concern. Longevity wise, my fathers side lived to their late 60's, my mothers side into their 90's. My fathers side smoked, my mothers side, no one did. I never did, but there is more to it than that. At about 62 now, I feel OK. Who knows.


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Jeanne Calment was a French supercentenarian who has the longest confirmed human lifespan on record.... smoked from age 21 to 117.

It is not clear cut thing. But I would say odds of smoking and living 122 years are not high so I do not recommend it
BTW she looked pretty young at age 62. So looking into mirror may tell you something. And I recommend lot of wine, olive oil and a chocolate to go in her footsteps of her lifestyle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment

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The 22 years, of course, is given his assumptions about returns and inflation and without consideration to the sequence of returns issue. A nice analysis for sure, but we should be careful to understand that it's 22 years plus or minus a bunch depending on returns, inflation and their sequence. Any particular individual may have a result less than or greater than the 22 years.
there is no sequence risk since you are not spending down the way he is figuring . you are taking ss instead so the comparison is really what you are getting , which is the ss checks and the 6% average return on a 50/50 mix .

kind of a one sided view i guess.
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Old 05-20-2015, 07:16 PM   #246
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here are the numbers as worked up by michael kitces.

22 years to break even if spending down a 50/50 portfolio to delay.

https://www.kitces.com/blog/how-dela...money-can-buy/
If a retiree wants to maximize longevity insurance this would be the way to go. However, some of us want to minimize portfolio depletion at any given point in time during retirement, then maybe sooner wins out. We all have different priorities. Or if one thinks future benefits and tax rates may change and be less favorable, then that seems to favor an earlier benefit age. I think it is pretty much a given that something has to change with SS, given the current funding situation. To me that is a hard reality to ignore when one is considering all the options and crunching all the numbers.

Maybe I've missed them, but I've never read any posts here about getting tested for the FOX-O gene. I think that might actually be pretty useful:

"The CAU team studied 380+ centenarians, more than 600 people in their 90s, and more than 700 60-75 year olds to determine how prevalent these gene variations were. They found that not only were certain FOXO3A variants very common in 90 year olds, they were even more common in 100 year olds, emphasizing the importance of genetics for aging well."

http://singularityhub.com/2010/02/19...t-foxo3a-gene/
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The other thing that matters is the shape of the cash flow. No money now but more later, vs. some money now but less later. It does you no good to have more money later if you are in bad health and can't enjoy it.
People use this as a reason to take SS early, but as others have said on here, money is fungible. As long as you have enough of other funds, you can defer SS and still spend more money in the earlier years by tapping your savings a bit more. Then when you take SS, it can account for a greater % of your needs in your later years. If SS would account for more than 100% of your later year needs you probably wouldn't want to defer.
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Anybody here modeling the scenario based on the 'rumors' that in 2033 SS benefits will be cut by 23%?
http://www.heritage.org/research/rep...lvency-in-2033

And does that factor into your decision to take SS early?
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Anybody here modeling the scenario based on the 'rumors' that in 2033 SS benefits will be cut by 23%?
Social Security Trustees Report: Unfunded Liability and Projected Insolvency

And does that factor into your decision to take SS early?
I get all my information from the Heritage Foundation.
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Anybody here modeling the scenario based on the 'rumors' that in 2033 SS benefits will be cut by 23%?
Social Security Trustees Report: Unfunded Liability and Projected Insolvency

And does that factor into your decision to take SS early?
That's my break even year!
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I get all my information from the Heritage Foundation.
Haha - ok - so just one of several links pointing to this....issue.

If people are modeling/hoping for status quo, then isn't this built into that?
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Anybody here modeling the scenario based on the 'rumors' that in 2033 SS benefits will be cut by 23%?
Social Security Trustees Report: Unfunded Liability and Projected Insolvency

And does that factor into your decision to take SS early?

I think someone needs to do the math.... but I bet they cut current benefits also... so both the higher at 70 benefits and the lower at 62 benefits are cut... it probably makes the break even later, but I bet there is still a break even age....


BTW, I do not believe there will be a 23% cut cliff... IOW, one year they are paying 100% and the next year only 77%... they will fix the problem sooner one way or another...
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the reason for the drastic cliff in payments is that the trust fund is only sufficient to cover a year or two of benefit payments sans contributions


2033 (or 2029 depending on which study you are looking at) is still a LONG way away, I wouldn't be surprised if we see cuts sooner than that (or later, hopefully) - lots of variables
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"The theoretical combined OASDI trust funds have a projected depletion date of 2033, unchanged from last year’s report. After the depletion of reserves, continuing tax income would be sufficient to pay 77 percent of scheduled benefits in 2033 and 72 percent in 2088. "
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so um yeah, I'll prolly take mine at 62 if it's still allowed by then (2026)
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"The theoretical combined OASDI trust funds have a projected depletion date of 2033, unchanged from last year’s report. After the depletion of reserves, continuing tax income would be sufficient to pay 77 percent of scheduled benefits in 2033 and 72 percent in 2088. "
I don't understand all the financial "expert" articles where this issue is not even mentioned. A true business analysis would take a probability tree approach or something similar and factor reduced benefits in as a real possibility, since that is actually what is funded currently and as such a non-zero probability outcome.

As a project manager I would not have planned a very long term project on a 100% budget if only 77% of the project was actually funded.
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I don't understand all the financial "expert" articles where this issue is not even mentioned. A true business analysis would take a probability tree approach or something similar and factor reduced benefits in as a real possibility, since that is actually what is funded currently and as such a non-zero probability outcome.

As a project manager I would not have planned a very long term project on a 100% budget if only 77% of the project was actually funded.
I've mentioned it several times in threads like this - guess I need to write something up...
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I see taking SS early as a way to increase my estate value. I'm able to either;
A. Invest my early SS payments if I don't need the money. All of which is inheritable if I don't spend it.
B. Spend my early SS payments and leave my investments untouched to continue and grow. Again inheritable if I don't spend it.

Personally, I prefer to count my birds in my hand, not those in the bush. A promise by the government for a future SS benefit is susceptible to revisions as I haven't actually received a benefit yet, so logic dictates, I haven't actually lost anything yet. (Congressmen and Senators think just this way!) Whereas, a benefit I'm currently receiving is harder to take away.

I am willing to bank on the sure thing, taking the SS early, locking in my claim to the payment by actually receiving it and either spending it to shelter my own current investments or to invest along with my current investments if I don't need the money at the time.

Playing the 'waiting' game, banking on a gamble that SS will be around, let alone grow at a 8% annual rate by delaying is tantamount to banking on a gamble that the stock market is going to average 10% growth just because it has in past years. Only now the government has your money.

Speaking of which; The government does not consider your SS account your money. Oh no!! That's THEIR money that they decide how to distribute. If they decide to means-test, and I think there is a strong chance they will someday, then folks like us are screwed.
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I am in a similar situation, but with a 10 y/o and 7 week old to boot.
I plan to take SS in 6 mos. at age 62 (suspend at 66 and restart at 70) My number is similar to yours but my Wife's is wildly different (She will only collect survivor benefits (28 years younger) starting at 67. She will also participate in the family benefit, once the oldest hits 18.

My benefit 951,808 dead at 94 (location to be determined)

Family benefit 96,886 child 1
261,145 child 2
125,775 Spouse portion of family benefit

Spouse Survivor bene 3,008,415 till age 100 (all numbers Cola'd at 2.5%)


Total 4,444,031

I find these #'s crazy as according to SS, I had only put in a little over 100k

Just goes to prove my theory," that sometimes it's better to think with the little brain"!
Your family is definitely an extreme example, but shows why some areas of SS simply scream for reform and change...I don't how any reasonable person could think this was appropriate. That said, if it's there for you, no reason you shouldn't take it.
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Your family is definitely an extreme example, but shows why some areas of SS simply scream for reform and change...I don't how any reasonable person could think this was appropriate. That said, if it's there for you, no reason you shouldn't take it.

Its the law so it is what it is. And this may only be me, but it appears to be just one step above government dropping money from a helicopter.


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