Police, firefighters, railroad workers and others receive no Social Security...except when they do. Some have or will work other jobs after working 20 years as the above mentioned and collect SS as well.
i.e. A firefighter who used to work for a small town I know collects a $54,000 a year pension for life. Paid out over a 20 year period, that's over a $1 million for doing nothing. Then on top of that, he collects a small amount of SS for when he worked in other jobs. Not bad for doing nothing. Social Security is an insurance (SSI = Social Security Insurance). Normally you don't collect a insurance unless you need it. Personally I don't think people with assets in excess of say $1.5 - 2 million should be able to collect Social Security as they don't really need it. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
