Ben Carlson takes an interesting look (with lots of charts and graphs) at us older Americans and our real estate, stock portfolios, and social security checks.
However, it’s crucial to recognize that Social Security remains a vital financial asset for a large number of Americans.
I hope we don’t screw it up someday.
Ed. Note: Started getting Social Security checks at age 62.5. As checks go, they are not very large. Was only a W-2 employee for a handful of years. By my Sweetie's calculation, if I live past 80, my net will be less than if I had waited longer to start collecting. But, at age 62.5, we still had kids in college. However meager the checks were, they came in handy then—the time value of money counts.
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