Originally Posted by Andy

You should have addressed this to Aletta, not me. He's the one that stated 67 is the ideal age to take SS. Mine was a rebuttal to his comment, as there are too many variables to declare a specific ideal retirement age for everyone.

You're simply muddying the waters by tossing in life expectancy, which was not his reason for stating 67. He simply stated 67 because it's full retirement age. I rebutted with 70 since that's maximum payout age when first taking retirement benefits. But you knew all of that.
And you should also know that no matter when you take SS benefits, the equal payout for each choice intersects somewhere in the low 80s.
Why did you choose to respond to my post but not Aletta's post?