You'll get a penalty for taking Social Security too early... If you choose to start receiving your Social Security check up to 36 months before your full retirement age, be aware that your benefit is permanently reduced by five-ninths of 1% for each month.
Samuel Huntington argues that in this new era as people identify themselves in terms of their ancestry and heritage, it will create a clash of civilizations. He says, âIn the post-Cold War world, the most important distinctions among peoples are not ideological, political, or economic. They are cultural.
Colin Woodard is the author of four books including American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America. His new book, American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good, will be published by Viking in March 2016.