How much money has been paid into Social Security since inception.?
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There's a year-by-year here.  You'll have to add them up.
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Sadly, you are trying to pretend that this happened only during Clinton's years, so unfortunately if I agree with you in part I fear I am going to hurt your feelings again. This is not intended to be a slander against you, because you are right in what you say, you just don't go far enough.\n\nYou are right, every President's budget since 1982 has skimmed money out of the Social Security Trust Fund to hide how much the deficit is. This past year, the federal government diverted over 400 billion (I forgot who the President is now, apparently you did too). Regardless of who was in office during these last 25 years (8 years dems and 17 years reps) it has been shameless and criminal. And yes, you are right, this is the REAL problem with Social Security; if it had been left alone from the beginning, there would still be enough of a build-up for many years of Baby Boomer retirements until the population stabilizes again. Technically the Trust Fund is full, but in actuality it is full of inter-governmental bonds (the treasury borrows from SS and gives an IOU).\n\nWe should all be ashamed that we have allowed this to go on for so long, even though the government has done such a good job trying to make certain we didn't notice it.
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Um, you need to work to collect social security.  You need, like, forty quarters of work.  That's at least ten years.  i don't think the story you "heard" is at all accurate.  Without some sort of verifiable facts, I would ignore this particular anecdote.
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i think i heard $900,000. that's more than a lot of people make in 15 years! even 20!
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If you mean social security the answer is NO!\n\nThe only time any SS is deducted would be if they happened to make a lot of money other than SS.....
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They should send you an annual statement.  You might want to try the web site:\nhttp://www.ssa.gov/planners/calculators.htm
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social security reform?
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Democrats will not address Social Security disparities, they have proved this time and again. They prefer to demonize Republicans and use fear tactics as a means to scare the elderly. The honest truth is that the fund is going broke and the latest analysis shows that the fund will be operating at a deficit by 2017 with the fund being completely exhausted by 2040 without immediate adjustments in revenue. The SSI trustees estimate that in order to save SSI and preserve solvency for the next 75 years would require an immediate increase of 16% in payroll taxes, or a 31% reduction in current benefits. People ignore these numbers at their own peril. Best advice is do not count on Social Security as your primary means of retirement. Personally I am over halfway to retirement age and do plan to be able to enjoy a good quality of life when the time comes. For this reason I am investing heavily in my 401K and IRA.
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The two things are unrelated.\n\nWhen Social Security began the lifespan was only slightly over 65. Recipients, on average, received benefits for only a few years. Today the lifespan has increased to, last I heard, 77.6 years.\n\nFurther, family size has shrunk and therefore there are less young workers to support each retiree.\n\nThus, in 1950, there were 16 workers to support every one beneficiary of Social Security. But today, there are only 3.3 workers supporting every Social Security beneficiary. \n\nBy the time the Baby Boom generation retires there will be only 2 workers to support each retiree.\n\nThe Social Security system is not nor was it ever an actuarially sound insurance program. Its closer to being what is usually called a Ponzi Scheme. It depends on current "contributions" (which is to say taxes) to pay for current benefits.\n\nThe bottom line is that in a few years every couple of workers will be supporting a retired person. Think about that. You'll not only have to take care of yourself but your half of the living expenses of a retiree.\n\nSomething has to change.
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If it was compounded annually:\nToday - $5,397.31\n6 Years ago - $3,401.22\n\nSee the link below to calculte using other options.
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Social Security - it will be able to meet all of its obligations through the year 2042. The whole idea that Social Security needs ‘reform’ is nothing but hype...  I am very happy that grassroots activism influenced public opinion enough to stop Alan Greenspan, Bush and the Democrats from throwing future senior citizens to the wolves with their stupid privatization, Wall St. benefitting plan.\n\nLong live Social Security, a great acheivement for all Americans!
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Social Security is a socialist program.  It does not work.  It must be abolished and US citizens given the right to invest that money in our own retirement plans.  The baby boomers are going to start retiring in the next ten years and they are going to bankrupt Social Security.  There is currently 7 working people paying into the SS system for every 1 person drawing benefits.  In ten years there will be 2 people paying into the SS  system for every 1 person drawing benefits.  Let's say that an individual gets $800 a month for their SS benefit currently each individual is responsible for $114.29 each per month.  Now in ten years each individual will be responsible for $400.00 each per month.  It can not continue to function like this.
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lots. The biggest one (IMHO) is Social Security.
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http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/latestCOLA.html  for plenty of info.
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Figures accurate to December 31st 2003\n\nUS$619.45 billion
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I've heard anything over 500.00 in yearly income counts.  Dont know for sure, as it depends on laws in your area.
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My guess is about 50K/year.