Is Social Security really Mandated by Law or Is it an Optional program?
408121
Yes it is mandated.  They only way out is if you work for a state that has it's own equilivant of SS.  For example in TX state employees pay into a state program and thus don't pay into SS.  This can cause problems though if you leave state employment for the private sector and then plan on retiring.  Since your earnings aren't going to SS while with the state they do NOT count toward SS retirement/disability.
834812
During the depression years (1930's) so many people lost their life savings when banks failed, that the government set up a retirement insurance system called Social Security.\n\nEvery adult is required to register and is assigned a number. The law states it is illegal to use the number for purposes of identification. The government is one of the worst offenders breaking that law.\n\nOver the years the taxes paid into it by workers built up a huge surplus of funds and the government enacted amendments to the system allowing all sorts of things to be paid out of it. "Borrowing" from the fund was a regular occurrence by several administrations. During the Reagan administration, temptation finally overruled common sense and the fund was abolished, the money put into the general fund (can be used for anything our elected employees decide) and the taxes paid into it started going to the general fund.\n\nSince the system was gutted and robbed, it is forecast that in about 30 or 40 years the taxes collected will no longer exceed those paid out, and that is the "crisis".\n\nReagan's other contributions include union busting, closing mental health facilities so those requiring care were cast out to die, swell the ranks of the homeless and overcrowd the prisons.\nHe also bears the burden of the Savings and Loan scandal in which the Bush family made millions at the expense of taxpayers (a continuing cost that has already run into $trillions).\n\n\n.
312540
well... in many states they require u a social security number... i have heard in oregon they dont but u do need to be living there or have receipts of rent and all that...
1044760
This is the way:\nhttp://www.ssa.gov/oig/guidelin.htm
1065389
There are quite a few people who work for UCLA, the Post Office and several other organizations who are not required to have social security numbers,because their employers carry their own reirement fund..  I don't know how that works for paying taxes and opening bank accounts; but. it's true they don't have ssa#'s.\n\n  Issuing sa#'s to babies is a fairly recent development (within the last 20-25 years).  I think the people who don't have ssa#'s started working for an exempted company before they applied for a card.  But, yes, they're perfectly legal.  Remember, a social security card was never intended to be a form of identification for anything but retirement.  I don't even think it's legal to require that a person produce a social security card as a form of I.D.
1083340
Social security has to do with your age, and ,or, a disability. If you're not old enough you won't get it. If you don't have a recognized disablity you won't get it. It's another govermental funding for those who are in need.
703331
Social Security is a Federal program.  Contact the local district office for Social Security and they can help you figure out what you will be able to get.  Check the "Government Pages" section at the beginning of the phone book for their contact info.
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Social Insurance is in reference to the programs that the government does to ensure that those in need are not left behind.\nSocial Security, Welfare, Medicare are three of the biggest social insurance programs in the US.
333987
SSI is for social security income. You can not have them stop taking it out of your check, everyone that works has to pay for it. When you get older or if you become disabled then you may need to use this as well. It is put into a fund and people who need it uses it, this generation is helping to pay for last generations and they paid for the generations before them and the next generations pay for your generation. That is just how it is. It is just like the taxes being taken out of your check, you can not stop it from happening. Hope this helps explain things.
446122
No, it's not mandatory. No consequencies if you don't vote.
1028965
Are you referring to public employees?  \n\nThis is a piece of misinformation that has been circulating around since 2000.  \n\nIt was true prior to 1984 that Congressmen did not pay into the Social Security fund because they participated in a separate program for civil servants (the Civil Service Retirement System, or CSRS), but that program was closed to government employees hired after 1983.\n\nAn estimated 5 million local and state government employees have their own retirement plans, and currently are exempted from the Social Security payroll tax.
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Check with the Social Security Administration.
742951
None.  I don't want BIG government controlling my life - or my kid's lives - laying claim on them for any period of time.  "Mandatory" and "Freedom" do not generally mesh well together.
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You need to get in touch with your local Social Security Administration office. They will be able to tell you anything you need to know. They are listed in the government pages of your phone book.
474429
no this is a fallacy they do not have verifiable social security numbers which you need for public assistance, also those that work often pay taxes and social security on stolen social security numbers and they don't get anything back
356261
I could be mistaken but isn't social security a federal thing?    not state.   Maine should be the same as everyone else on social security
760134
I've never heard that. I live in Ontario. However my workplace does offer that service as part of the benefits package so likely others do too.