Pete Stark defends Social Security payments to his kids, delinquent dues

SFGate: Politics Blog ^ | 8/17/12 | Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau

[EDINVA]

This 80 year old’s “children” are probably in the same category as his purported CA home ... only used or acknowledged when necessary politically.

Stark is a lunatic, so any mental issues his ‘kids’ might have are come by fairly.

[Graybeard58]

For his kids. He is claiming one of the phantom disabilities (ex. ADHD) for them. In other words he is gaming the system.

He's 80 years old, he could have minor dependents, if so he would draw an S.S. check on them too, simply because they are his minor dependents, not for any disabilities, feigned or otherwise.

Being over 65 he may have as much earned income as he has and still gets an S.S. check, the same applies to everybody.

[octex]

A sitting congressman is collecting SSI disability?
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I didn’t see anything saying he was drawing SSDI benefits; just SS benefits.

The kids might be drawing SS benefits from the mother’s account, if she died.

Stark is 80 so he could have one or more kids over 62 and they could be drawing SS benefits on their own accounts.

[VeniVidiVici]

The Ponzi Scheme called Social Security is even worse than I thought.

I never knew you could increase your income by 50% by getting SS for your minor children simply because you yourself are already getting it?

And the fact that you could be worth $27mil and STILL get the extra cash makes it even more ridiculous.