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Our years worked are nearly comparable. Started in 78 doing my max with a work permit (after all, I was only 16) and then had my own business I operated producing equipment for the semiconductor industry. Hours per week I've got you beat. 70 *solid* since the early 80s. I think most on this thread want to end Social Security so what's your freakin' beef, pal?

If we're going back to 16, then I have to toss in 30+ hours per week at Farrells. No work permit. It didn't occur to me to ask permission to work. I graduated UCSD at 19.

Returning to the topic of the thread, social security is a money confiscating scam operated by the politicians to give themselves extra spending money beyond the obligatory monthly payout. In 2018, the money collected equals the obligatory payout. No surplus for politicians to spend as they see fit. As time goes forward, the obligation exceeds the income due to massive reductions in the work force. It is a program that just needs to be ended.