How does this work when the dependent spouse outlives the one that paid into SS?
3 posted on
10/26/2021 12:06:59 PM PDT by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gene Eric
The surviving spouse gets to claim either person’s SS, but not both. So, assuming the husband made more money and put more into SS than the wife, when either one of them dies the wife’s SS stops and the husband’s SS continues, even if the survivor is the wife.
4 posted on
10/26/2021 12:09:39 PM PDT by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Gene Eric
They get about half of the dead spouses SS................
6 posted on
10/26/2021 12:12:43 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Gene Eric
Now that I'm getting old enough to worry about how Social Security works, I have a 300-page book that explains all the labyrinth rules governing Social Security. It's great for falling asleep with.
The government has ways of making things that should be simple and straightforward extremely complicated.
10 posted on
10/26/2021 12:24:11 PM PDT by
SamAdams76
(I am 36 days away from outliving Holly Dunn)
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