Hey brettonious, Have you hit your maximum 6% this year, how are you guaranteed a 25% loss? I'm old and I don't go nuts. To make SSI work you have got to go back to the original purpose of SSI. It was meant to be a SUPPLEMENT to retirement, NOT A RETIREMENT PLAN. It was supposed to be kept separate from the common oper...more

If I am understanding you right, you have children and that's all you have. Where is the FATHER of these children, where is the support required by law? The Social Security system is a system that says you have too contribute to it to receive the benefits paid. What have you contributed to that system? The children sho...more

Sorry  break any ones bubble but Social Security was NEVER considered a retirement !! It was a supplement to income at the time of retirement. I have worked 35 years, 12 and 16 hour work days as an electrician in heavy industry, Construction, Rubber, Steel,Electrical Generation,Chemical,Areospace I would work 3-4 month...more