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Re: SSI under Obama= Welfare?

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Originally Posted by daddio View Post
the short answer is this:

you pay SS tax up to a given dollar amount, you also receive benefits based on a formula that involves the amount you pay in startign most recently and for some years prior to that.
Exactly.

Oh, and for the record, Imp, "SSI" is Supplemental Security Income, not Social Security Income...
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