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Originally Posted by carlacanel
"Social Security is for people with substantial work histories, and monthly disability payments average $927. Supplemental Security Income does not require a work history but it has strict limits on income and assets. Monthly SSI payments average $500."
I paid into Social Security for 32 years before I became disabled and then there are people who have never worked drawing out of the same account and there is no money. How did the well go dry? 
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It's a safety net. As such, if a person becomes disabled after working at a Waffle House for a few weeks, he/she is still entitled to receive disability benefits--as they should be. It was never and hope never will be set up as "individual savings accounts" *admin edit*
The fix is simple. If 90% of the population must pay into the system out of every dollar they ear, the rich should pay a percentage out of every dime of income--whether from investments or from salary. Do that, the system would be flush forever.