Ever wonder how big Joe Biden’s Social Security check is? Take a look

BizPacReview ^ | 9/5/0222 | Teresa Monroe Hamilton

[cranked]

10% please.

[Michael.SF.]

That is about $55,000 a year.

Not really enough for two people to live on in luxury, if you have no other income. But also, more money that a man worth 50-60 million should get. And he donated $15,000 to charity in recent years.

[mware]

Puts my sister 750 a month check to shame.

[Jeff Chandler]

I wonder if his presidential salary is being paid to his S corp?

[Sequoyah101]

Well, with $60K a year you can maybe buy what? groceries?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Social Security just celebrated its 87th birthday.

It's not that much older than Biden.

[mikey_hates_everything]

That payment has got to be mostly Jill’s. Shouldn’t his Senator pension (and future President’s, if he lives that long) disqualify him from receiving Social Security payments? He’s too old to even have to be on FERS.

[TexasFreeper2009]

um... so? I’ll collect more than that! what is the point?

[I want the USA back]

Can we ask how he will benefit financially from his term in office? Will he have 3 mansions like obama?

Where did obama's fortune come from? Who really pays the "book royalties"?

[steve8714]

So, “Dr Jill” didn’t get hit by the windfall provision?
I thought she was a teacher.

[Vermont Lt]

On a joint basis this doesn’t sound all that impressive. At 62 my wife and I are almost eligible for $4k a month combined.

His wife probably maxed the payments. Joe’s government money doesn’t get SS, but he’s a billion years old…so all of his other income probably maxed out most years.

Their combined SS is above average, but not “shocking.”

[pnz1]

Wow.. that won’t pay the mortgage on his beach house..

[GaryCrow]

That is about $55,000 a year. Not really enough for two people to live on in luxury, if you have no other income. But also, more money that a man worth 50-60 million should get.

Why would it matter how much someone is worth? Social Security is supposed to be a retirement program that you pay into with the promise of a return based upon the amount paid. If you want to means test it then it becomes another welfare program instead.

I loathe the Bidens but if they paid money into SS they should get the promised amount regardless of their net worth. I don’t want someone deciding I shouldn’t get the promised amount because I have more than they deem acceptable.

[adorno]

Will he have 3 mansions like obama?

More like a giant mausoleum. He'll be going there soon after he leaves office, or before. In fact, many would say he belongs there now.

[napscoordinator]

He probably didn’t collect until 70. Also he’s given max for many decades. Are you saying he shouldn’t get that. Trump probably gets close to that too. Plus a fat pension.

[napscoordinator]

I bet congress exempt themselves from that little nuisance law.

[Roccus]

I don’t want someone deciding I shouldn’t get the promised amount because I have more than they deem acceptable

Yet that is EXACTLY what happens if your income other than SS retirement benefits exceeds what the gov't deems you deserving of. Then your SS benefits begin to become progressively subject to income tax as well.

[GaryCrow]

True, it’s already means tested to a certain extent which is wrong. You should get what you paid for, otherwise it’s just another welfare program.

[sauropod]

From what I hear, CSRS is much, much better than FERS.