Social Security Benefits Discrimination

[ocean5559]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
Shortly I will be eligible to receive Social Security Benefits. I have been single all my life and have no children. Social Security Benefit Calculations do not take into consideration Reductions for having Disability coverage for a spouse and/or dependents. Also, Reductions are not made for the 100% joint annuity for one's spouse. Social Security Benefit Calculations only consider the wages earned throughout one's career. In private practice, the premiums would cost more money to have your spouse and/or children covered in case of early disability. Also, a reduction of your benefit would be made if you add your spouse to your retirement benefit. This is gross discrimination against single people, male or female. I would like to sue the Federal Government. Do I have a good case?

[JETX]

Originally Posted by ocean5559

Do I have a good case?

ROTFLMAO!!!
No.

[cbg]

Not even close.

[ocean5559]

To JETX and CBG,

Please explain in detail why I have no case. A one word or two word response is totally unprofessional, especially coming from seniors like yourselves. I don't mean to offend, thank you.

[racer72]

In private practice, the premiums would cost more money to have your spouse and/or children covered in case of early disability.

Social Security is not a private insurance company. The money you pay into Social Security has nothing to do with the amount you will receive in the future. My mother paid into Social Security for over 30 years but passed away before she collected a penny and did not receive any benefit for this. Social Security is strictly a social program, it is not insurance.

[ocean5559]

Thanks for your response, but you didn't answer my question. Social Security is a retirement income program AND a disability insurance program if you become disabled before retirement age. By the way, your father can collect benefits on your mother's contributions when he becomes of retirement age, if his contributions yields a lower benefit than your mom. I know plenty about social security and how the benefits are calculated, however, my question is legal and I don't know the legalities of the original post. If you are an attorney, please answer if I have a case of discrimination or not and be detailed, Thanks.

[racer72]

My parents divorce when I was 8, the !@#$%& doesn't deserve a penny of what my mother paid.

please answer if I have a case of discrimination or not and be detailed,

The answer is no as stated, you want detailed, go hire an attorney. You got what you paid for here.

[cbg]

Under Federal law, marital status is not a protected characteristic. There is no legal obligation to treat them the same. Therefore, any "discrimination" you feel exists, even if you are correct, is legal under Federal law.

No illegal discrimination, no case. Even the most cursory google search would have told you that if you'd bothered to try.

And if you are unhappy with the way your question was answered, you may collect your refund at the door.

[ocean5559]

I find your attitude in your answers to be unprofessional. Your snippy side remarks such as go find an attorney, if I bothered to google an inquiry, and using internet curse language are all a reflection of your own incompetence. If you were in front of me when each of you said what you said, I would take out my hankerchief and slap your face with it. Stay with the post, both of you have reached your potential and this is the best you can ever achieve. By the way racer, you never stated a no in your first response, so when you respond a second time and say no as stated, you are incorrect, which tells me you don't know what you are talking about. Get some help.

[Country Living]

Originally Posted by ocean5559

I find your attitude in your answers to be unprofessional. Your snippy side remarks such as go find an attorney, if I bothered to google an inquiry, and using internet curse language are all a reflection of your own incompetence. If you were in front of me when each of you said what you said, I would take out my hankerchief and slap your face with it. Stay with the post, both of you have reached your potential and this is the best you can ever achieve. By the way racer, you never stated a no in your first response, so when you respond a second time and say no as stated, you are incorrect, which tells me you don't know what you are talking about. Get some help.

Since you already know everything, you can tootle on out of here. Make sure you close the door.

BTW, if you're going to threaten to slap someone with your "hankerchief", at least spell it correctly. Handkerchief.

[cbg]

And if you had hit me with anything, I'd charge you with assault.

I find your attitude to be something less than professional, myself. Take yourself out of here and don't come back. I don't volunteer my time here to be insulted because you don't like the legal answers you're given.

[JETX]

Originally Posted by ocean5559

I don't mean to offend, thank you.

You may not MEAN to offend, but your insulting posts certainly show your 'true' colors.

You are an ignorant, sympathetic little snot who doesn't deserve the time that the forum members have spent on your drivel.

[ocean5559]

To all respondents of my post:

Your style is weak and why don't you people quit what you are doing so others can answer people properly. You couldn't even shine my shoes, and as far as social security benefits are concerned, you people don't even know or will ever know, what I already have forgotten. If I didn't leave out the d in handkerchief, what would you have to say or criticize? .

[cbg]

By properly, I assume you mean, so someone else can tell you what you want to hear? No one is stopping anyone who cares to answer you from doing so, I assure you.

Since you are so convinced that no one here knows anything and that you are much better informed than we are, by all means take your "case" to an attorney and see what he tells you.

[Country Living]

The pea brains are waving goodbye and there there's no reason to check back to see if anyone else answers. You have the correct answer and that's all you're going to get.

Be sure and go by the store on your way out. The cheese section is in the back.