Social Security Benefits: The myth more elusive than the female orgasm...

[Ironic Mustache]

So this is a quote from my last SS statement...

The Social Security Board of Trustees now estimates that based on current law, in 2037, [I will be 56] the Trust Funds will be depleted. Because people are living longer and the birth rate is low, the ratio of workers to beneficiaries is falling. Therefore, the taxes that are paid by workers will not be enough to pay the full benefit amounts scheduled.

[Good news though! Even though I've been paying into social security for the past 13 years and will pay into it for another 35+ years, I might be able to collect $0.76 on the dollar when I'm 65. Oh wait, what the shit is this??????:]

SSI, or Supplemental Security Income, is a federal program that provides monthly cash payments to people in need. SSI is for people who are 65 or older, as well as for blind or disabled people of any age, including children.

To qualify you also must have little or no income and few resources. This means that the value of the things you own must be less than $2,000 if you are single or less than $3,000 if you are married. The value of your home does not count. Usually, the value of your car does not count. And the value of certain other resources, such as a burial plot, may not count either.

[Call me insensitive, but fuck SSI]