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Old 06-21-2012, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by gryoung View Post
For me, the final paragraph says it all. If there was some sort of guarantee similar to some annuities that your estate would recover some total amount by you electing deferred SS at 70, then all of this return on investment advice would make better sense. Otherwise as Liebdoc says, you're gambling on a long and healthy retirement and could easily lose it all.
Both options are gambles, but in only one of them will you be alive to regret taking the wrong one.