I worked for the State of Indiana and their rule was age plus years of service had to equal 85. I worked until I was 70.5 and had worked 26.5 years. I can't imagine actually retiring at 62 and being able to continue the same life style.
I worked for the State of Indiana and their rule was age plus years of service had to equal 85. I worked until I was 70.5 and had worked 26.5 years. I can't imagine actually retiring at 62 and being able to continue the same life style.
Adding 2 years of work doesn't sound like much, but as a nurse who ran hospital halls for 40 years, there's no way I physically could have lasted 2 more years. Ditto for construction workers, teachers (who are on their feet 8 hours/day), mail carriers, and others with very physical jobs.
Exactly! As an educator, I slept 4 to 6 (max) hours per night at least 10 months of the year. If I hadnтАЩt retired when I did, I might not be writing this message. Yes, my pension and SS are less than if I had worked two more years, but quality of lifeтАФLIFE itselfтАФbecame more important! I donтАЩt regret early retirement one bit.
It's been pointed out that even though you retire earlier, you collect more money because you live longer. I was diagnosed with spinal cord damage at 59, and I chose to collect my late ex's Social Security as a widows' benefit, and it pays more than if I had collected disability or waited until I was 65 and collected my own. In fact, my disability occurred in Egypt while I was living there, and I couldn't get disability because I didn't have verification of the onset of my disability from doctors in Egypt.
I'm not sorry. I can understand why there is a 5 year rule and that we have to have documentation, and as I said, I get more money from my ex's SS than I would've gotten from my own. And it doesn't support anything except honesty and protecting pensioners from having criminals stealing from SS, which the Republicans have already done.
I worked for the State of Indiana and their rule was age plus years of service had to equal 85. I worked until I was 70.5 and had worked 26.5 years. I can't imagine actually retiring at 62 and being able to continue the same life style.
Adding 2 years of work doesn't sound like much, but as a nurse who ran hospital halls for 40 years, there's no way I physically could have lasted 2 more years. Ditto for construction workers, teachers (who are on their feet 8 hours/day), mail carriers, and others with very physical jobs.
Exactly! As an educator, I slept 4 to 6 (max) hours per night at least 10 months of the year. If I hadnтАЩt retired when I did, I might not be writing this message. Yes, my pension and SS are less than if I had worked two more years, but quality of lifeтАФLIFE itselfтАФbecame more important! I donтАЩt regret early retirement one bit.
It's been pointed out that even though you retire earlier, you collect more money because you live longer. I was diagnosed with spinal cord damage at 59, and I chose to collect my late ex's Social Security as a widows' benefit, and it pays more than if I had collected disability or waited until I was 65 and collected my own. In fact, my disability occurred in Egypt while I was living there, and I couldn't get disability because I didn't have verification of the onset of my disability from doctors in Egypt.
Sorry to hear that. It supports the idea that pension boards are just guarding against "fraud."
I'm not sorry. I can understand why there is a 5 year rule and that we have to have documentation, and as I said, I get more money from my ex's SS than I would've gotten from my own. And it doesn't support anything except honesty and protecting pensioners from having criminals stealing from SS, which the Republicans have already done.