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Originally Posted by LianneMigiano
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!
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Not everyone collects more than he or she put into the system (obviously).
My father passed away the day his first SS check came in the mail. My mother had to return it because he died on May 31st and the check was for the month of June.
kathy