Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Social Security Administration demanding people pay back billions" video.

  1. Did she lie on the forms? This was her late husband's SSA benefit. She's entitled to it now.
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  2. ​@user-hg2tk3xj9y Of course she is. There is an offset, not a full denial of benefits. If she told the truth on her application, and the government failed to offset, that's the government's problem.
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  3. NO SHE DIDN'T. Don't you grasp what the issue is? Certain state employees, like police officers, firefighters, and TEACHERS, plus school support staff, have an offset on their SSA. If they filled out the forms correctly and the government made a mistake, and failed to offset, that shouldn't be their problem.
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  4. @user-hg2tk3xj9y  False. If you put ten quarters into the Social Security system, you do qualify for a pension, with offset, even with a teacher's pension. If you are married for ten years, but never paid into Social Security yourself, you do receive your deceased spouse's Social Security, but with a major offset, larger than if you yourself had paid into the system. The woman featured was not a teacher, and did not strike me as terribly cerebral. If she filled out the forms truthfully, the math is the government's problem, not hers. If she lied, then that's different. There is no reason to think she engineered a fraud. Prove it.
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  5. Stop misinformation
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  6. @user-hg2tk3xj9y  Innocent until proven guilty. And she was not a teacher. I know a lot of people her age who never had a demanding education and are remarkably uninformed. I even know some with an education who will believe the lady at the bakery (or the thrift store) before they believe me. Also, where I live, a LOT of teachers also worked other jobs and paid into the SSA system for 40 quarters. You expect a teacher to last 40 years in an urban school system? To vest a pension is already a feat. I wish it were not so. :/
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  7. @user-hg2tk3xj9y  I even know someone who put in 120 quarters toward Social Security, then taught long enough to vest a teacher's pension, then took that at age 65 and took Social Security at 70. Full benefits, zero offset. She is a rare case, but she did it. Working summers as a student helped complete those quarters, then never being unemployed. (Luck was obviously a factor, as one small company she worked for closed due to embezzlement by an owner's son. It had no real effect on her. She found a new job immediately.)
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  8. It's a dreadful federal law. Many workers with state pensions, such as police officers, firefighters, other first responders, teachers, and other school personnel have an offset on their Social Security pension. If she vested Social Security by working 40 quarters, her offset will be small, and if she waits to age 70 to draw on it, the effect is small. If she inherited her husband's Social Security, the offset is enormous. Looks like Social Security made a mistake. As long as she filled out all the forms correctly, they shouldn't be able to claw back so much money for their own mistake. :/
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