Isn’t SSI (which is Supplemental Security Income, not Social Security) a different, entirely seperate program from Social Security?
I know Social Security (and SS Disability, which is early retirement due to medical issues) is for people who have worked and paid into the system.
I also know (or think I know) that SSI is for those who have NOT worked or paid into Social Security (not long enough anyway), so I thought they were entirely seperate programs.
And if that’s the case, then the two - SS & SSI - are not related.
You are correct. My mistake. But all the same, it’s taxpayer money being scammed by mooches. Not everyone is a mooch, but there are too many mooches living off that free income.