I Guess It's Time for Us to Start Acting Our Age!*

* Yeah, Right!

Well, its official, my generation (Baby Boomer) is finally starting to arrive at that magical mystical realm that is Social Security. On Monday the 1st Baby Boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling (right), filed to start receiving her retirement benefits. She was born 1 minute after midnite on 1 January 1946. She will be 62 next January & thus able to begin receiving reduced benefits. (Eligibility for full benefits will depend on what year us Baby Boomers are born & will gradually require us to work well beyond the traditional age of 65.)

"I think I'm just lucky to be at the top of the boom. I'm just one of many many millions and am blessed to have been in this generation and really blessed and to take my Social Security now," said Ms. CaseyKirschling during a ceremony held at the National Press Club featuring Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue.

According to a FoxNews report she is the 1st of up to 80 million of us Baby Boomers who will qualify for the retirement payout. "We're going to have tens of thousands of baby boomers retiring every week over the next decade or so and that means that by time we get to 2017, just 10 years away, we will no longer be collecting enough payroll taxes to pay Social Security benefits," said former Minnesota Democratic Rep. Tim Penny.

My generation has often been accused of not growing up. & at times rightly so. Now, we are starting to reach retirement age,

Maybe it IS time for us to grow up?

NAH!!!!!