Bernie Sandres not qualified to be President

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by ZeroJunk

I'm only 62. At 66 I would get 1959.


I paid $220,000 FICA. I haven't paid anything since 2004.

I started mine at age 65.

The amount then was $1824.

It's gone up a bit with the annual cost of living increases.

I can't remember how much I paid in.

The papers are probably in a box in one of my closets but I moved so I'm not sure where. I think the amount was $132,000. Shit that's a whole lot less than the $220,000 you paid in, but I'm getting almost as much as you back.

Sounds like you're getting screwed Dude.

Probably because the formula for calculating benefits is progressive.

And then there's the fact that they average your best 35 years and since you retired early you had a string of zeros in there.

What can I say?

Sucks to be you Dude.