Pay me now or pay me later.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 11:44 last edited by
I'm torn on this one. While money now is sorely needed by many the devil is in the details. What interest rate are they talking about for this "loan"?
They say 3 months delay max. Do we believe them?
Interesting proposal at the very least.
I would take it. A bird in the hand after all...
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 11:49 last edited by Mik
I wouldn't. We'd lose a lot of money on that deal. Frankly I don't see the benefit to recipients for this scheme.
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I wouldn't. We'd lose a lot of money on that deal. Frankly I don't see the benefit to recipients for this scheme.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 11:54 last edited by
We personally.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 11:55 last edited by
How? I don't see much downside to taking it now.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 11:59 last edited by Mik
To take $5k now foregoing three months benefits would cost us nearly twice the loan amount. We get pretty hefty SS checks due to high covered earnings.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:03 last edited by
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-every-states-average-social-132355610.html
The average SS check in Illinois is $1557.
You're about $500 ahead if you take it now.
However, as Mik said YMMV. I would take a hard pass.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:05 last edited by
Take the $5k and invest it.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:06 last edited by
I'd take it. My SS is cut by about 65% due to WEP. And the wife wouldn't get a dime of my SS due to GPO.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:08 last edited by
I think most people would take that. 3 months delay in your 60s sounds trivial to your average 20-50 year old.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:11 last edited by
Work for cash for 3 months. lol
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:12 last edited by
Most people would think ‘I would have gone 65 years with no Social Security, what’s another 3 months?’
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I think most people would take that. 3 months delay in your 60s sounds trivial to your average 20-50 year old.
wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:17 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
I think most people would take that. 3 months delay in your 60s sounds trivial to your average 20-50 year old.
Good point. A dollar now is probably worth a lot more than a dollar 30 years hence.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:18 last edited by
So this would go to people who were not yet eligible to collect, possibly for many years? I did not get that understanding.
So it results in another government program we have to administer for decades. What could go wrong? Ever see a government program that didn't grow? I can see the whole country borrowing against future SS.
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@jon-nyc said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
I think most people would take that. 3 months delay in your 60s sounds trivial to your average 20-50 year old.
Good point. A dollar now is probably worth a lot more than a dollar 30 years hence.
wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:34 last edited by@George-K said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
@jon-nyc said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
I think most people would take that. 3 months delay in your 60s sounds trivial to your average 20-50 year old.
Good point. A dollar now is probably worth a lot more than a dollar 30 years hence.
Social Security is adjusted for inflation.
Supposedly.
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@George-K said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
@jon-nyc said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
I think most people would take that. 3 months delay in your 60s sounds trivial to your average 20-50 year old.
Good point. A dollar now is probably worth a lot more than a dollar 30 years hence.
Social Security is adjusted for inflation.
Supposedly.
wrote on 13 May 2020, 12:54 last edited by@Jolly said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
@George-K said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
@jon-nyc said in Pay me now or pay me later.:
I think most people would take that. 3 months delay in your 60s sounds trivial to your average 20-50 year old.
Good point. A dollar now is probably worth a lot more than a dollar 30 years hence.
Social Security is adjusted for inflation.
Supposedly.
I realize that, of course. The point Jon was making, I believe, is that $5000 is much more valuable to a 35 year old today than the equivalent inflation-adjusted amount 30 years later.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 13:30 last edited by mark
I'm 58 (really? when the fuck...?) and it's worth more to me now, than at 65.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 15:42 last edited by
3 months of my SS is a lot more than $5K, my wife too.
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wrote on 13 May 2020, 16:24 last edited by LuFins Dad
Personally, I like the idea so long as it doesn’t open Pandora’s Box and become something that happens for every perceived emergency.
It’s better than the fed printing money and devaluing your retirement savings through inflation.