No, Mr. Trump.

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34. expand the damn spousal benefits.

jan schakowsky has been pushing on this forevah.
i was a stay at home mom, then an artist w/o a pay check. my bennies barely cover my medicare premium. my ex is younger than me, so i had to wait til he turned 62 to get the spousal. we paid the max every yrs for 2 decades. he gets 100%, i get 50%.
now, this seems like it’s in accordance w divorce law- 50-50. except that wd be- he gets 75% and so do i. that wd help, but damn, we shd both get 100%. it’s y so many women end up in poverty.

same w dependents. our youngest is disabled. they only worked a couple quarters, so they’ve been getting basic ssdi, about $800/ mo. when he hit 62, they get it based on his earnings. less than $2k a mo to live on.
and we’ve both been fighting to get it changed over and having a hard time.
luckily he’s in a position to help now, but when he’s gone, his estate is set up to take care of them, and somewhat screw the other kids. esp since he remarried.
i told him recently that, since none of them talk to me, i plan to leave them nothing. he’s not happy about that, but tough.
he’s doing fine, and i took a bath during the plague.