My Buddy is divorced and he and his divorced brother are considering marrying in order to collect SS benefits after the other dies.
The government bestows no sanctity on marriage. It profanes the institution. I don’t want or need some stinking pol’s approval.
Exactly.
“Look honey, we aren’t married until the State of Virginia sends us a receipt.”
Give me a break.
“My Buddy is divorced and he and his divorced brother are considering marrying in order to collect SS benefits after the other dies.”
Also an easier way to inherit assets, hospital access, enjoy company health insurance, HSA’s, 401K investing etc . . .
Great too for now-adult kids with special needs, or those with very limited work histories due to health issues, so they can get the same benfits.
If Goobermint says it’s not one-man one-woman, as history and culture has promoted for centuries, then it can be whatever “your truth”, or shrewed financial planner, declares it to be, regardles of how opportunistic it may appear to outsiders.
Where do we send the gift?