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> Social security and medicare together at like ~2.4 trillion dollars a year, and are supporting a population of roughly 55 million Americans (just grossly taki

> Social security and medicare together at like ~2.4 trillion dollars a year, and are supporting a population of roughly 55 million Americans (just grossly taking the 65+ age population). This works out to roughly 43k per year per 65+ adult. You can decide for yourself is this seems like the right way for the government to work. New City Herald Rioters set fire to the entire city after the Mayor's new budget accidentally starved roughly 8.6 million disabled people and 6 million survivors of deceased retirees. Try File -> New City to start over.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
> accidentally starved 6 million survivors of deceased retirees. Wait, so they had wills for their kids and the government just... took that money? How does that work, or am I way off base?
- bobbiechen 2y ago
  >A surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, unmarried child, or dependent parent may be eligible for monthly [Social Security] survivor benefits based on the deceased worker’s earnings. https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02083 https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02083