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hobbit709

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5. I start getting my first check next month.

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 10:53 AM

Apr 2012

I filed last week to retire when I turned 62 this summer and the guy at SS said that since I'm a widower I can get $325/mo more on the surviving spouse benefits than what I would get on mine and it would start in May rather than waiting until August.
Well, I'm no fool. I said go for it.

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How 4 people can get SS til death based on 1 person's social security wages. [View all] dkf Apr 2012 OP

I'm well aware of this little bit in SS information. SheilaT Apr 2012 #1

My friend collects her late husband's SS and Bryn Apr 2012 #2

And my husband and I both paid in and only one is collecting. After his SharonAnn Apr 2012 #6

So? Who cares? Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2012 #3

Of course all of this applies only to Sanctified Straight couples..... Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #4

I start getting my first check next month. hobbit709 Apr 2012 #5

Do you favor this? cyberswede Apr 2012 #7

I have two points of view on this... dkf Apr 2012 #10

From the tone of the posts here on DU, marybourg Apr 2012 #8

Yes, this thread gins up envy, that's what the Republicans use flamingdem Apr 2012 #9

Said it better than I could obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #11

Thanks for the props flamingdem Apr 2012 #14

This allows married men to leverage their benefits also, getting 150% from their contribution. dkf Apr 2012 #13

Considering the massive tax breaks that corporations and churches get every year Lex Apr 2012 #12