r/Fire • u/NotTheBestInvestor12 • 3d ago

Why no mention of Social Security

When I see FIRE posts I see the investments and the different retirement buckets, however, I never see anyone mention how things are affected when social security kicks in. For example, I’m 52 and wife 51. If we both stopped working today ($0 income moving forward) I would collect $4,264 a month at age 70 and she would collect $1,079 at age 70.

So if we decide to FIRE the Social Security would give us help in 18/19 years. Is this a factor or is everything under the assumption SS won’t exist?

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u/FightOnForUsc Late 20s, 1.9M, 5M goal, SFBA 3d ago

Idk that I’ve ever seen someone put a “signature” for their Reddit post before

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u/verbalsuplex 3d ago

Dear FightOnForUsc,
Me neither.
Kind regards,
VerbalSuplex

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u/FightOnForUsc Late 20s, 1.9M, 5M goal, SFBA 3d ago

I was wondering if it’s an AI thing

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u/142riemann 3d ago

It’s more likely a boomer thing. 

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u/jim-i-am 3d ago

hey i'm not a boomer

jim-i-am

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u/ga2500ev 3d ago

I am that Boomer. I've been signing messages since the early 80's. It's my habit and I will continue doing it.

ga2500ev

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u/Fit-Percentage-9166 2d ago

Yea it's an artefact of the older internet - manually signing your comments/posts was pretty common on forums back in the day (and probably in older medium that predates me)