If you were to ask a thousand people what their ideal retirement looks like, you would likely get hundreds of different answers. However, I'm sure the one thing everyone would agree on is that being financially worry-free is the goal.

Social Security plays a large role in many people's retirement finances, but treating it as the only source of income could be a recipe for hardship. Here's why banking entirely on Social Security might not be the smartest bet if you can avoid it.

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