And what happens if you made to retirement age going bare? Do you have the discipline to provide for yourself with a 401(k) plan or IRA or would you spend it all and become a burden on society because you wanted out when you were young?

Unless you have a suicide in your long term plans, you don’t know if you will get benefits or not. A certain number of people are going to check out of the world before they get close to retirement age so will end up with zilch. Others will live to be 100 and will clean up. Take care of yourself so you can be in the latter group.

As long as people work, there will be social security benefits. So you can not say you will not have any by the time you get old enough to retire. You will not have as much as you want. Nobody does. The amount you are paying now will be a very small percent of what you will receive when you are old enough to retire. My mother-in-law received 700-900 a month for 35 years because she lived to be 96 and she retired at 62. She only paid in $15 a week while she worked. That is why there is not much left in social security. On top of that, people are not having as many children as they used to have and so there are less workers. But, there will always be something there. Even if it is not much.

Because the amounts I have contributed paid social security to your parents and grandparents.

Although specific eligibility requirements vary from state to state, most states have the same basic standards for collecting unemployment benefits. They include:

-You must be unemployed or working less than full time
-You must meet certain income requirements
-You must be ready, willing, and able to work
-You must have involuntarily left your job

In general, you won’t be eligible for benefits if:

-You quit your job simply because you didn’t like it
-You’re fired for committing a crime (e.g., stealing)
-You’ve never worked before

For more information, contact your state’s local employment office. You can also look in the state government section of your phone book under Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Compensation, Employment Insurance, or Employment Service. Or, you can try surfing the Internet using these same key terms.

Regardless of which state you live in, you’ll receive a weekly unemployment benefit based on how long you were employed and your prior wages. The state will calculate your average weekly wage, and you will receive a percentage of that wage based on your state’s formula. You can figure out your average weekly wage by adding up 12 months’ worth of pay stubs and dividing that number by 52. If you were salaried, just divide your annual salary by 52.

Length will vary depends on your situation. Usually it last up to 26 weeks..

I’d recommend you to go ahead and call your local unemployment office, and get a clear answer.

It should be a requirement.

well how you know you won’t need it!

It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh…
…the needs of the few

Must have a government issued picture ID. Delta has a no ID no Fly policy. Other airlines may accept a socail sercurity card along with other offical documentation (birth certificate) but they will ensure you go through secondary screening at the checkpoint. I would definatly contact to airline your flying and ask them, because different airlines have different policies.

Do you honestly believe that employers don’t anticipate the cost of their share when they develop their plan of compensation? With the elimination of the program I would receive more of my own money and competition would drive my employer to give me more money out of what they used to have to pay for their share.

Redistribution of wealth, when taken out of the pocket of our employers, only serves to keep the money out of our own pockets. It is a simple concept that it seems only those who pose inane questions can’t understand.

Were you let go from your job because of the disability? If so you should not have been eligible for unemployment to begin with. Unemployment compensation is for people who are ready, able, and willing to go back to work when work is available. If you were injured on the job you should have been receiving disability from your employer’s insurer not unemployment compensation. If your SDI has been approved you will get a check retroactive to the date you filed for it. The unemployment compensation you received for that time period should be paid back.

No. I do not intend to return my social security checks when I retire. 1. Because there may be no social security left by the time I am old enough to retire. 2. Because my father did not work an extra 13 years to help pay for my generation because he felt his generation did not deserve it. He did so because he is a patriot in good times and in bad. Those who even bring social security into this argument are only patriotic when it will directly benefit them.