[babygene]

“My grandmother never earned a paycheck once in her whole life. She lived off their savings untill retirement age, then filed for SS. You know what she got??

THE MINIMUM!”

I think you are wrong on this... She would get 1/2 of his benefit. If he had had 3 wives married to each for at least 10 years, each would get 1/2 of his benefit.

[mamelukesabre]

My dad said she should’ve argued with the SS. But she didn’t. She’s been dead a long time now.

But one thing we should keep in mind is that the difference between max and min keeps getting larger as time goes on. The top tier for pay-in has changed too.