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If their spouse worked for 35 years and paid to SS all that time and then dies, the teacher does not get SS.
"I don't believe your statement is true. Spouses do get to collect SS.

What about the $2000-$3000 I've spent on teacher supplies each year?

Another statement I don't believe. Why don't you detail for us the supplies you bought this past year that cost $2000-$3000."

You are ignorant.

Just because you don't believe something, doesn't make it not so. The government won't give me my SS? Ooo, they would never do anything like that! Not the government! The fact is that my Social Security benefits will be reduced by whatever my teacher retirement covers. Teacher retirement =$400, but SS would have been $520? I get $120 from SS. I'm not exactly getting my benefits, now am I? If my husband dies, I get none of his, while a non-teaching spouse would. But you don't believe it, so it must not be true. No wonder you are so bitter at teachers, you sure must not have had many good ones. Of course, neither did I, so that's no excuse.

You are not the IRS, so I do not need to show you my receipts for teacher materials. I'll humor you anyway.

I buy all bulletin board materials, all science experiment materials, all books and supplementals.

How about a classroom library? That was $500 this year, since I had my grade level changed and all my old books were useless.

Teacher books? I bought about 15 this year, to the tune of about $15-$20 each. There's about $300.

Bulletin boards? Quite pricey. Borders, pictures, etc. for one board runs about $20. I have about five boards up at any given time, and they change each month according to the curriculum. Oooooo, there's $100 a month. For about 9 months. $900.

Experiments? Well, we made ice cream in plastic bags to watch the physical change and practice recording observations. That was $40. Hmm, about every experiment I do is about $20-$40. I do about 2 per month. I'd do more, but it's expensive. That's $200.

So far, off the top of my head, that's $1900. I can come up with the other $1100.

Computer software: ~$200
Manipulatives: ~$200
Pizza/rewards/candy for kids: A whopping $350. Sam's Club loved me.

That's $2650 total so far, off the top of my head.

Are we done with my audit yet, or are you just going to say I'm a liar and you don't believe me?