As an adult, can my friend get social security benefits that she didn’t receive as a child?
**JUST ME** asked:
Her dad received social security disability benefits while he was alive. He died in 1995 when she was 15. She is now 29. She asked me if she was eligibe to receive his social security benefits as an adult. I don’t think she is. If not, where did the money he contributed go?
Social Security Benefits
Her dad received social security disability benefits while he was alive. He died in 1995 when she was 15. She is now 29. She asked me if she was eligibe to receive his social security benefits as an adult. I don’t think she is. If not, where did the money he contributed go?
Social Security Benefits
Social Security Benefits
The money he contributed was immediately paid out in the form of benefits for retirees at that time. The Social Security trust fund is a myth. Since 1940, the Social Security benefits received by retirees have been funded by payroll taxes that worker’s pay. Sad isn’t? That’s why most people paying into the system now will probably never get any benefits at retirement.
No, I don’t think your friend would be eligible to draw his money now.