Yes, that is how I understand it too. But if he worked in the private sector before taking a job with the city of Detroit and worked 22 quarters, he could be drawing a SS check correct?
yeah... but he is getting almost 900 a month from social security. That’s a little less than midrange of what is paid out based on work experience.
He says he is getting just shy of 2k a month ($23k per year) from both payouts. That should be enough for this man to live on. It is Detroit after all. He either has a house that can be sold or it is paid off. He can move to a smaller living space. He could get part time work (though that is harder and harder to do).