http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002603938Tue Apr 24, 2012, 09:39 AM
Star Member dkf (27,456 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
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How 4 people can get SS til death based on 1 person's social security wages.
"Here’s some good news about divorce, for a change. If your marriage lasted at least ten years, you can claim social security benefits on the entire earnings history of your ex-spouse.
Those derivative benefits are equal to one-half of your ex-spouse’s benefits. It’s an either-or situation – you’ll get your own benefits, or the derivative benefits, whichever is greater. And collecting derivative benefits doesn’t reduce what your ex-spouse receives, or, if he’s remarried, what his current spouse receives.
Now, here are answers to three of the tricky social security questions we are often asked by readers:
1. How many ex-wives can claim derivative benefits?
As many exes as there are, as long as each marriage lasted 10 years. Mickey Rooney’s seven ex-wives got left out, since none of the marriages lasted more than 10 years, but three of Johnny Carson’s marriages lasted over 10 years.
2. If my ex-spouse dies, do my derivative social security benefits end?
This has a good news, bad news answer. The bad news: If he dies, the derivative benefit ends. The good news is that now you can collect survivor benefits, which are 100% of his benefits, not just 50%."
http://www.wife.org/social-security-and-divorce.htm
This means if an individual had 2 marriages lasting over 10 years and is currently married, the exes, the current spouse, and the former worker can all collect based on the one wage. When the worker is alive there may be three persons collecting 50% of the benefit and one person collecting 100% of the benefit. If the main worker passes, there can then be 3 persons collecting 100% of the benefit.
Dyke to dyke or butt plugger to butt plugger phony weddings collect zero.
SheilaT (9,971 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. I'm well aware of this little bit in SS information.
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If my ex dies before me, I'll be collecting off his benefit, not my own.
See, I stayed home for twenty-five years to raise our two children. Being out of the work force for so long definitely impacts what my own SS will be.
In reality, those collecting multiple benefits are a small percentage of those collecting. And there was a time when if an older couple married, the woman could no longer collect from her deceased husbands SS. Back in the day when many more women stayed home most of their adult life, that was a huge problem. I can recall reading in the 60's and 70's about older couples who simply lived together even though they'd much rather be legally married, because of what would be given up. And I think there was a time when there was no widow's benefit at all, once the male wage-earner died. No wonder elderly widows lived with grown children in the good old days.
I'll bet you that she is one of Ann Romney's harshest critics.
Bluenorthwest (19,007 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
4. Of course all of this applies only to Sanctified Straight couples.....
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Interesting that those who get extra rights due to the extreme Sacramental nature of their 'God Made Unions' often exchange spouses for new ones. How does that work, Sanctity wise?
So one man, one woman, then the next woman, the one after that, the younger one to go with the richer you, then perhaps yet another, just 'cause they can....God is in the Mix!!!!!
The discriminatory nature of the law cheats millions out of that which others get in excess.......
Sux to be you because you suck.
flamingdem (13,557 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
9. Yes, this thread gins up envy, that's what the Republicans use
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to divide us -- as well as HATRED OF WOMEN.
So effective these two -- envy and sexism
You DUmb shit. You brought it up. You are making the comparisons. You are yelling about inequities.
