Is it possible to opt-out from Social Security?
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Only if your employer has a valid alternative. \n\nPrimary example:\nExecutive Summary\nApproximately five million state and local employees are exempt from Social Security and instead participate in retirement plans administered on the state and local levels. The history of those retirement plans provides valuable information for policymakers attempting to reform the federal program.\nhttp://www.socialsecurity.org/pubs/ssps/ssp-16es.html
538594
delete them as they probably want your bank account number or ssi
31632
There is no law in place right now so there is really no right answer. I believe the current administration proposal is that some portion of the social security can go into private accounts, but that the investments will be regulated; you can't invest in highly speculative things like penny stocks, but can invest in high quality bonds, stock market indexes and the like.
285451
I know that in NY you can. Call your local dept of social services, they can probably answer that for you.
458130
Try the social security office
727879
I know some about SSI. But you can go to http://www.ssa.gov
7752
No you are eligible for Social Security disabilty income.
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.
534301
it depends on what pension you are going to get from your employer,i would say think hard and long before you decide weigh up all your outgoings and think if you could afford to retire on your pension alone ,i fell into that trap and now find that i cannot get any help from the dhss because i am above the threshold, they seem keen to hand money over to scroungers who have never worked in their lives and refugees who come over here with there demands to be fed and housed by us and people who think it is neccessary to keep producing children that they cannot support but that is okay but on the other hand if you have worked for 35 years and have to retire on ill health do not expect much support from the dhss, please think carefully before you decide you are better off doing a job that you hate than having the constant worry of when you will reach your limit on your credit card just to live on ,good luck, god bless.
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The less monkeying around with it, the better off we'll all be.  Despite George Bush's outright lie, Social Security won't begin to dip into it's reserves for another fifteen years *at least*  and won't actually begin running out of money for nearly 27 years.  That's plenty of time to make some minor adjustments. One, those who have managed to provide themselves a healthy chunk of change upon which to retire should not be permitted to draw on the system.  At present, even if you've saved a million dollars for retirement, you can still draw Social Security benefits.\n\nSecondly, a very slight increase in contributions to the system is all that's needed to ensure it's viability for the next forty years.\n\nBeyond that, working  folks do need to plan, starting in high school, for their retirement.  Start putting money aside in a 401K or other plan and never, but NEVER, touch it until retirement.  Do not borrow against it, do not take some of it to put an addition on your house or upgrade your wheels or any of that crap.  And when it comes time to draw upon these savings, there should be a cutoff above which no Social Security benefits are due - what this is called is "means testing".  \n\nThere also needs to be a national system that guarantees a living income to those working folks who, through no fault of their own, become disabled and no longer capable of self-support.  Employers and employees alike can contribute to this system.  \n\nOne more thing: NO politican should EVER be allowed to draw upon social security - they're all rich enough to look after themselves, the scumsuckers!
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Generally, no.  Your benefits are defined and controlled by your employer.  They are under no obligation to compensate you if you opt out or don't participate in the benefits they provide, UNLESS, they have a policy or program to do so.  \n\nSome companies have developed programs to pay employees some amount to not use health care coverage - for example if they are covered by a spouse's health care plan.  Most plans like this require you to prove that you have coverage somewhere else.
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You can download a free form from\nhttp://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.html\n\nDo not use third party services that offer this service as you run a risk of identity theft.
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Check with the Social Security Administration.
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social security reform?
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YES, & u can just go to this link & u'll find it somewhere there to terminate ur account. http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/access/access-08.html
198610
Contact your Social Security office. They can take care of this for you. You may even be able to do it over the phone.
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Opt out. That will keep the credit bureaus from selling your information. And your junk mail will drop to little or none.\n\nIt will take a little while for opting out to take effect, so in the mean time, do as lillbird suggested and mail them back their envelope. Stick everything in it (that doesn't have your name or other sensitive info on it) Even stick in the advertisements from the newspapers. Anything and everything, pack those return envelopes to where you can barely close them. lol.\n\nI've included the link for opting out. You can opt out for a year, for 5 years or for life.