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10. How does he get $3,000 a month?

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:17 PM

Jul 2021

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Elizabeth Warren cornered by billionaire: "I shouldn't get Social Security" [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP

Exactly. Salviati Jul 2021 #2

typical repuke thinking Skittles Jul 2021 #3

Yes, as if SS is an entitlement, which it is not. It's earned. brush Jul 2021 #6

it actually IS an entitlement Skittles Jul 2021 #7

an earned entitlement Skittles Jul 2021 #11

Langone Is An Idiot WHITT Jul 2021 #4

I know a couple of wealthy people who have never applied for SS. DURHAM D Jul 2021 #5

You don't get social security until you apply for it. blueinredohio Jul 2021 #9

That's what I thought. Igel Jul 2021 #18

That is what I thought. Blue_true Jul 2021 #25

How does he get $3,000 a month? Srkdqltr Jul 2021 #10

He paid max for decades. jimfields33 Jul 2021 #14

He maxed out for a long time. Blue_true Jul 2021 #24

You should pay as much of a percentage of your income as we do? MR. $$ rickyhall Jul 2021 #12

Which "we"? Igel Jul 2021 #17

It's not a fixed amount. Igel Jul 2021 #19

they actually do get less than poorer people do dsc Jul 2021 #20

Taxes cannot and do not "fund" any spending CarlitosMMT Jul 2021 #15

He should get it... but he should also be paying more into it. JHB Jul 2021 #16

He has the option of not taking SS. Blue_true Jul 2021 #23

From what I understand, a person can "un-retire" Blue_true Jul 2021 #22

Yes, that too. nt Blue_true Jul 2021 #27