08-14-2013, 01:18 PM
Ah yes, social security... I mean really, what could go wrong?
Maybe Ida Fuller should have been the warning it was doomed:
Ida May Fuller was the first American to receive a monthly benefit Social Security check. She received the check, amounting to $22.54, on January 31, 1940.
By the time of her death, Fuller had collected $22,888.92 from Social Security monthly benefits, compared to her contributions of $24.75 to the system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_May_Fuller
I know, I know, they never expected her to live to 100...
Maybe Ida Fuller should have been the warning it was doomed:
Ida May Fuller was the first American to receive a monthly benefit Social Security check. She received the check, amounting to $22.54, on January 31, 1940.
By the time of her death, Fuller had collected $22,888.92 from Social Security monthly benefits, compared to her contributions of $24.75 to the system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_May_Fuller
I know, I know, they never expected her to live to 100...