Tim_J ordinarily I would not advise anyone to rely on luck, but when it comes to receiving from these programs that we have been financing for years; it is luck!  No amount of planning will or can circumvent the laws that have been and will be passed to take away that for which we have worked.  If the taxes don't get u...more

No mention of WEP or GPO or both reducing ones payments! No mention of taxation of benefits! No mention of a lot of issues that can determine and will determine ones elibibility and payment amounts!  So many laws have been passed since its first implementation that it is no longer a "workers" earned right.  For those o...more

tarha13, don't forget that property taxes--real and personal, plus insurance on the property are more reasons why older people are not able to retire.  Add the ever rising cost of health insurance that you just mentioned and it adds up to one thing.  Doesn't matter what the law says that retirement age can be---if one ...more