"I KNOW I Should Know This... BUT I Don't. My Question Is About SS " (ChiciB1)

[Tess Anderson]

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Chici doesn't know how to mind her own business either  :

ChiciB1  (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-29-11 02:17 PM
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I KNOW I Should Know This... BUT I Don't. My Question Is About SS
 and who is entitled to get it. I have a sister who never worked, she lives in Texas and is the only family member I have who isn't a Democrat, one who LOVED "The Idiot," is a very Christian (maybe fundamentalist) type and thinks Rick Perry is great. Sooooo, here's my dilemma. She's 4 years older than me and just last year was able to get Medicare, she was married for many years, but got divorced and got a nice settlement and a monthly income. So she HAS income and she has savings, but is she eligible for Social Security too?

We do get along very well as long as we don't talk politics, and it IS possible to do this because we actually love each other even though I'm actually a LIBERAL type Boomer and at the very least an agnostic too. I talk with her about once a week on the phone and I did want to ask her if she gets SS, but since Perry has called it a Ponzi scheme I don't want to "go there" with her. There is NO WAY she will change her mind about Perry, which is really crazy in and of itself because she really isn't stupid. Other than the obvious here.

So, again... is she eligible for SS? If she is then perhaps I will say something to her because then she's might be a bit stupid! I could look this up, but I'm sure many here already know the answer.

Thanks in advance.

 
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[JohnnyReb]

Used to be that if you paid witholding into SS for the amount that would have been required on your last 3 years of income tax, you could draw some SS...not much but some.

They may have changed that since way back when.

[jukin]

For lurking DUchebags:

“It is a Ponzi scheme for these young people. The idea that they’re working and paying into Social Security today, that the current program is going to be there for them, is a lie,” Perry said. “It is a monstrous lie on this generation, and we can’t do that to them.”

Rick Perry

That's the money quote.

A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often solicit new investors by promising to invest funds in opportunities claimed to generate high returns with little or no risk. In many Ponzi schemes, the fraudsters focus on attracting new money to make promised payments to earlier-stage investors and to use for personal expenses, instead of engaging in any legitimate investment activity.

The Security and Excange Commission

Other than government forcibly extorting the money from people, how are the two different?

Hat tip to Ace.

[GOBUCKS]

That money quote could very well be what reelects the jug-eared muslim, whether it's true, untrue, out of context, or whatever.
Messing with Social Security in the runup to an election is just about the dumbest thing an American politician can ever do.

[BEG]

This took me less than a minute to find: LINK

You can receive benefits on your ex-husband's Social Security record if he is receiving Social Security benefits (or is deceased) and:

your marriage lasted 10 years or longer;

you are presently unmarried;

you are age 62 or older (if he is deceased, you can collect benefits at age 60 or age 50 if you become disabled); and

you are not entitled to an increased benefit on your own record which exceeds one-half of your ex-husband's unreduced benefits.

If your ex-husband has not applied for benefits, but can qualify for them and is age 62 or older, you can receive benefits on his record if you have been divorced from him for at least two years and meet the requirements listed above.

If your ex-husband is deceased, you can receive benefits on his record even though you were not married to him for 10 years--

if you are caring for his child who also is your natural or legally adopted child and is under age 16 or disabled;

you are unmarried; and

you are not entitled to an equal or higher amount on your own record.

Your benefits will continue until the child reaches age 16 or the child's disability ceases.

The amount of benefits you receive as a divorced spouse does not affect the amount of benefits another spouse receives on your ex-husband's record.

Many women get a higher benefit based on their ex-husband's work record than they get on their own record, especially if he is deceased. If you've never asked Social Security about receiving benefits on your ex-husband's record, you should do so. When you apply, you'll need to give his Social Security number. If you don't know his number, you'll need to provide his date and place of birth and his parents' names.

The same conditions apply to a divorced husband whose eligibility for benefits is based on his ex-wife's Social Security record.

[Rugnuts]

in the political ammunition section there is a Thread with SS info

it says "Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!"

is this true? it wasnt backed up by any references

[BEG]

The COW who asked this question called her sister stupid and yet she wasn't smart enough to do a quick internet search to find her answer.

Oh and lurking DUers, your line about giving up your SS benefits if you are a conservative, as long as the government takes money every month out of your paycheck, your stupid argument is a loser...just like you. Until the government makes SS no longer mandatory, you will lose your argument each and every time.

[commonguymd]

too many are stuck on manufactured tragedy.  Nobody cares about species loss in Texas.  Nobody cares about radiation that will affect their children in Japan. Now is all people care about and they are wistfully carried like pollen in the trees to the next tragedy to exploit.  Meanwhile Rome burns.

[FreeBorn]

OP translation~

I am nearing retirement age and beginning to worry. My anxiety stems from the fact that I was a "stay at home mom" without a real job but I did work under the table all those years. My employer always paid me in cash and tips were good too but I never declared a dime of it. (All the rest of that crap I made up, I have no sister in Texas).

And so my question is this, can I claim SS now and receive payments anyway?

[GOBUCKS]

too many are stuck on manufactured tragedy.  Nobody cares about species loss in Texas.  Nobody cares about radiation that will affect their children in Japan. Now is all people care about and they are wistfully carried like pollen in the trees to the next tragedy to exploit.  Meanwhile Rome burns.

What!?! "Species loss" is a moonbat tool to damage American business. The radiation threat from Japan is nadinized bullshit to cripple energy production in America. Maybe I misunderstand this post.