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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Personally, I think the spouse benefit should be eliminated. If someone doesn't pay into the system, they should not get a check. The way the current system works is that a worker can be married 4 or 5 times, and as long as each marriage lasts at least 10 years, all of the ex-spouses are entitled to a check, even if they never worked at all. Some ex-spouses, who never worked, are receiving a check that is higher than a fulltime worker who worked for 30 or 40 years.
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I believe that women would put up the counter-argument that they have the job of raising the children, getting them to school. the Doctors, driving the children around, being a child psychiatrist at times, being an adult psychiatrist to her husband at times. We all agree that children are the future of America, so we have a DEBT of gratitude to WOMEN - that NEEDS to be PAID.
........Today, a US family needs the wife to work in order to JUST survive so they are having fewer and fewer children. So, what does US industry do to get more low paid workers ? And how does that differ from Australia and other countries?