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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time? [View all]MissB
(16,089 posts)92. I think we're holding fast
for now anyway.
I think we calculated it a bit differently - more of if we take it now (64), how long until we'd have the same overall total if he waited until he was 70. I think it converges at about age 77, and he's likely to make it to mid-80s. So it is probably worth it for us to take his later.
Still haven't worked out how survivor benefits are determined. If they're based on the amount he gets when he first draws, it probably is worth it to wait overall, as I'm a decade younger.
I just renewed my passport, to make sure flight is possible. Just in case.
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We've got to stop letting them call us "the left". There's maga and then there's everybody else.
Walleye
22 hrs ago
#1
So true. After he was elected, I sincerely tried to make myself feel better by
allegorical oracle
18 hrs ago
#72
His most "redeeming" features are laziness, incompetence, and lack of conviction (he has plenty of convictions though).
TheKentuckian
18 hrs ago
#76
The rethugs vowed during FDR's presidencies that they would someday regain total control and obliterate all that had
Texin
19 hrs ago
#68
Start by not letting them steal election. With the only REAL response is "thank you let me have another." Where is.....
usaf-vet
19 hrs ago
#54
Perfect diagnosis. I'd like to add one thing here, as to your "they cheated"
bluestarone
12 hrs ago
#95
You mean that Trump will help Putin destroy Europe and America if he can then yes. It's weird.
BradBo
21 hrs ago
#24
It's not unprecedented. Black people lived through this in the Jim Crow South.
Yavin4
20 hrs ago
#35
There are so many Fox type news things playing round the clock and you can tell
Maraya1969
19 hrs ago
#55
Yep. I feel like I'm on a plane that's going down, waiting for the crash.
CaptainTruth
19 hrs ago
#67
The only part of that I'm not wondering as well is "how so many people have lost their minds"
JHB
12 hrs ago
#97
The nuclear sabre rattling from russia has been going on for nearly 3 years.
Crunchy Frog
11 hrs ago
#100