If paying soc sec is a tax then receiving it must be charity.
Its more like an insurance policy since you are guaranteed so much a month with no knowledge if you will live long enough to receive it or not.
I'm gonna go file for mine today.
Seriously.
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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.