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Old 10-08-2020, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by LianneMigiano View Post
I obtained a printout of all of our earnings and contributions into SS - then, the payouts to us - and totalled it for each of us. I am 79 and my husband is 85. We, long ao, have collected WAY more in SS than we ever had taken out of our pay. I'm sure that (unless you just began collecting a few years ago) would find that same result were you to obtain all of the information that I did in order to calculate the benefits!
Can you tell me how many who contributed never got a cent or just a small fraction of their withholding due to dying before they became eligible to collect? Now that number would be interesting to know.