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American shelters every year. Spay/neuter is the In this case, “moderate” means doing something only way to bring that number to zero. rather than nothing, enough activity to increase the DON’T WAIT! The Valley Market is When I was in Costa Rica earlier this year, Property of heart rate or cause sweating two or three days a AdVenture Media, Inc. I came across a little dog who needed a lot of help. week. Who did I turn to? Google. What did I find? A single And we don’t need equipment or lots of FREE time, contrary to previous studies that said we need free spay-neuter clinic that had taken place two years of Coachella Valley Let me list and sell your prior. It’s a start, but in a relatively poor country to do 30 minutes of exercise five days a week. 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You keep saying the full retirement age is 66. But as you know, many of us have to wait longer to get full Social Security benefits. For example, I was born in 1955 and I have to be 66 and 2 months. What I want to know is this: If I want to take my Social Security early, do I have to wait until age 62 and 2 months?

You can start your Social Security at age 62, if you want. Although Congress increased the full retirement age, they did not change the early retirement age. It stays at age 62 no matter how old you have to be to get full retirement. Social Security’s full retirement age was 65 for about the first half century the program was in existence. Then in the 1980s, as part of a big package of Social Security reforms, Congress raised the retirement age. But they did it in gradual steps. The first people impacted were those born in 1938. They had to be age 65 and 2 months to get full benefits. People born in 1939 had to be 65 and 4 months. The full retirement age went up in 2-month increments until it leveled off at 66 for those born between 1943 and 1954. Beginning with 1955 dates of birth, we start climbing in 2-month increments again until we reach 1960. Anyone born in 1960 or later must be 67 to get full Social Security benefits. * * *

just recently been getting involved in her financial affairs, including her Social Security. She is getting widow’s benefits on my dad’s account since he died 15 years ago. And I’m pretty sure she is being paid incorrectly. She get’s $1,870 monthly. My dad always made good money and I heard the maximum benefit is more than $2,600. How do I get her benefit refigured?

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