This fact makes me furious. I see all around me how these old fogies retired at 60 and began collecting social security as soon as possible, all while working another job. They have the audacity to suckle at the dole and then join the tea party and complain about taxes being too high. Our grandparents are too stupid to care about their kids. Social security is for people like the woman who lives in my house. After having 6 kids, her husband ran off to Florida with his mistress when she was in her mid 70s. She is now in her 80s with a terrible back and no income. Social security keeps her from starving to death. On the flip side, john mccain recieves it. My other neighbor pulls in 200k and relieves it. The people who accept social security when they don't need it should be ashamed of themselves. We need to really bost the ages. There will always be 66 year olds who qualify based on hardship, but this thing has become gambling money for already rich americans.