Bullshit....one must qualify to get SS benefits....work a certain numbers of quarters.
Not for all cases. But most recipients collect more in benefits than they paid in payroll taxes. A guy who dies at 25 with a wife and 2 kids has paid very little in SS taxes. But, his kids get benefits until they turn 18 and the wife gets benefits for each child until they turn 16. Some disabled people have not worked enough to collect benefits but are still eligible in some cases.
A divorced woman who was married to her ex spouse at least ten years can collect on their ex's record even if she never worked. This does not lower the ex's benefits or his current spouse.
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