“”””””’Why didn’t you save before you retired?
The government should spend money telling people SS is supposed to supplement their retirement income.
Didn’t anyone ever tell you that?””””””””
I assume you are young and perhaps a little sheltered.
I worked hard my whole life. Saved money, was frugal, paid my bills.
I am now almost retirement age. I no longer have any savings or a lot of other assets due to having a son with terminal cancer and a wife with Stage 4 cancer.
I was self employed for 40 years so I paid both the employee and the employers portion into SS for all those years.
I will be the first in line for MY money the minute I become eligible.
I am sixty. I was told from my first paycheck by almost every older person I knew that SS was a supplement and I would never be able to live on it.
Not suggesting you do not get what you “deserve.” But nothing is going to change to benefit us now.
I am in the same place—I am sitting in the infusion center with my wife. We go onto Long Term Disability next month. I always worked for myself as well—never had anything but contractors for “gig” jobs.
I feel your pain. I am assuming I will be broke and living with my kids in less than three years because of her cancer. A little longer if we cut out everything else.