If your younger wife passes away before you and you made more money than her, you get none of what she paid in to Social Security. You get a $255 death benefit. That's it.

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"I give you my word as a Biden"

If you have a $1 million+ pension, you should get no social security.

Why?

Because it's not a government run pension. It's a tax to pay Mertle next week, who may or may not have a million dollar pension.

i wonder what the max monthly disability payment is?

It's a ponzi scheme or alms for the poor. Either way, it seems a touch unfair.

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"I give you my word as a Biden"

That's crazy, but not surprising.

Wonder how they are arrived at the grand total of $255 bucks

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I know that stinks, but if you think about it, it makes sense. SS is there to provide for the living. Similarly, if you died tomorrow and had no young kids, the government keeps it all.

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True. I had done some SS research, but hadn't seen the part that you get nothing. The $255 will pay for the funeral cards I guess. But, even with that I had to make an appointment for Sept in order to apply for the one time death benefit. They wouldn't do that during my time at the SS office today. The only good thing was that I was only there around 30 minutes and not the hours I assumed it would take.

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"I give you my word as a Biden"

If a hedge fund operated the way social security does, all of the principals would be indicted, tried, and jailed for securities fraud.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

That's what an average miserable life in Biden's America is worth.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

$255 is pretty outrageous. I was glad my employer had child life insurance because it something I never would have though to buy. Can you even get the simplest cremation for $255?

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Elections have consequences.

I don't think so, but I didn't shop around. There may be programs in place in the city that have that option. The basic cost was $1,795 and didn't include an urn or death certificates.

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"I give you my word as a Biden"

I am sorry I do not remember what we paid for my Dad's cremation and basic packaging. I imagine this is alot of what hose 9.99 a month life insurance policies without questions are about.

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Elections have consequences.

Average costs...this is pretty consistent with what I recall when my brother died in 2018.
Direct Cremation $1,385
Immediate Burial $1,790
Cremation Memorial $3,295
Full Service $6,547
https://www.lhlic.com/consumer-resource ... insurance/

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It costs more than that to cremate a cat. Btw, don't pay for the ashes. The pet and people crematoriums send out random ashes and not your pet or loved ones.

Perfect.

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