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• Barnum observed that the world loves to ogle human freaks, so he made a tradition out of exhibiting the bearded lady, the fat boy, giants and midgets. He featured Siamese twins, albinos, and the Wild Men of Borneo (who were really Hiram and Barney Davis from Long Island, New York). The tattooed man was advertised as having been given them over his entire body in China as punishment for his rebellion against the king. The man had actually been inked up in New York City tattoo parlors. Barnum was not at all above pure humbug and used it often. ADVERTISING PROOF

150 American concerts. In today's dollars this is equal to about $30,000 for each performance. She was a world-famous star, and Barnum knew he could pack every performance with her billed as the leading attraction. But she insisted on being paid in advance, so Barnum had to sell or mortgage everything he owned as well as secure loans from friends to raise the money.

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Gambling and Losing the Social Security Game I have written many columns cautioning people to not play around too much with their Social Security benefits by trying to squeeze every last nickel out of their nest egg. And I know where the compulsion to do this comes from. Senior citizens are barraged with messages in the mail, in media and online, telling them that they are missing out on thousands of dollars in benefits if they don’t employ some kind of “maximizing” strategy. And then they are encouraged to attend seminars or buy books that supposedly will tell them the secrets to this hidden treasure trove of benefits. Essentially, the “secret” message comes down to this: Wait as long as possible to file for your benefits. If you know you are going to live into your late 80s and beyond, that might be good advice. But of course, no one really knows how long he or she is going to live. Today’s questions come from people, or from spouses of people, who gambled on their longevity and, sadly, lost that bet.

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who is one. He said his job is to help people plan for, and be financially prepared for, what possibly might happen -- not for what probably will happen. And I guess it’s possible your husband might have lived a much longer life. There is an upside to your husband delaying starting his Social Security benefits. Because he did that, you will get higher widow’s benefits. Assuming you are 66 or older and are not getting higher benefits on your own record, you will get his full benefit, including the 32 percent in delayed retirement credits he got for waiting until age 70.

I just turned 68 years old. I was planning to wait until 70 to apply for my Social Security. However, I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. I probably have less than six months to live. I realize now I made a bad decision by not filing for my Social Security earlier. But what I want to know now is what can I do to make sure my wife gets the highest widow’s benefit possible? Just so you know, my full retirement age benefit would have been $2,480.

be $2,777 per month. And that would be your wife’s eventual widow’s rate. That is $199 less per month than the first option I gave you. However, you would get a back paycheck of $16,662. (And that does not include any possible back pay spousal benefits your wife might be due on your account.) Perhaps your wife would rather have that $16,662 (or more) rather than the extra $199 per month? It’s something to think about.

I was getting Social Security disability benefits until I turned 66, at which point they automatically switched me to retirement benefits. In order to tr y to maximize my Social Security payout, I immediately withdrew my retirement with plans to restart my benefits at age 70 and get the 32 percent bonus for doing so. I turned 70 a few months ago and filed for my retirement. But I was shocked to learn I won’t get the extra bonus. Am I just out of luck?

You sure are. You tried a little too hard to beat the system, and instead, it beat you. You never should have withdrawn your retirement claim hoping to get the extra 32 percent at age 70. After all, you were getting disability benefits, so presumably, I am so sorry to hear about your health you are not in the best of health. So I wonder what prognosis. And it certainly is noble of you to be led you to gamble on living a long life and playing thinking about your wife at a time like this. If you these so-called “maximizing” games with your Social really want her to get the highest widow’s benefit Security checks? possible, then you should simply not file for any So- Also, in order to claim the delayed retirecial Security benefits. Upon your death, your wife’s ment credits, the law says you must have never filed widow’s rate will be based on what you would have a Social Security claim. When you applied for disbeen due at the time of death. ability benefits, you filed a claim for benefits. And Let me explain. You get an extra credit of that negated your eligibility for delayed retirement two-thirds of 1 percent added to your benefit rate for credits. So now you’ve spent four years getting notheach month you delay taking Social Security after ing and throwing away many tens of thousands of age 66. Let’s say you pass away at the age of 68 years dollars in retirement checks. and 6 months. That would be a total of 30 months Having scolded you for playing games with after age 66, meaning an extra 20 percent would be your Social Security, I should point out that the Soadded to your retirement benefit, which would be- cial Security people you dealt with must share some come your wife’s widow’s benefit. So she would get of the blame. When you T. 8retirement N., OCyour MO withdrew $2,976 per month in widow’s benefits. claim, someone should have told you that you lling  Prices Spewould check:  Phone Number(s)  bleable Doube But let’s just look at another option. You efully. iew car never to earn delayed retirement credits. Please rev might want to file for benefits right now. And you Shame on them! nges or correcti resentative immediately with cha rep bits Tid r you t tac Con could claim up to six months in retroactive benefits. * * * Fax: 760-320 email: valleybits@msn.com In other words, your benefit start dateOffi would -320-0 997 760age ce: be If you have a Social Security question, Tom 67 and 6 months. That would be 18 months after age Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.mar66, which translates into an extra 12 percent in de- genau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau n read see sfeatures from rk Ros layed retirement credits. So your benefit rate would s c/o Maand eetcolumns Shpast tioandLetoad nstruc

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