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Socal Security

Questions - Answers

Question: What is the basic idea behind social security (old a^e, survivors, and disability insurance) and how does it work?

Answer: The basic idea is that during their working years employees. employers, and self employed people pay social security taxes which go into special trust funds. Then, when earnings have stopped because the worker has retired (after reaching retirement age) or died, or has become disabled and is age 50 or over, benefit payments are made' from the funds to replace part of the family’s lost earnings

Question: How can 1 become eligible for retirement benefits?

Answer: To get old-age benefits when you reach retirement age, you must first have credit for a certain amount of work under the

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