Was curious and I haven't received a statement in the mail in forever, so I just went online and created an account so I could check my SS account. Hilarious that they show a benefit listed for me since by all accounting I have seen, the Social Security fund will be long bankrupt before I'm old enough to collect. And, hypothetically if there was still money there and I wanted to retire at 62 (which is the earliest you can retire in the United States and collect SS), my monthly benefit would drop to $1661/month.
Who the hell can live on this kind of money. Just give me my money.
So far there's been more than $163K paid into my account. If the government would let us invest OUR money, we could make so much more, even if it was just a simple interest bearing account.
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