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[rolen]

I found this story in the Hartford Courant dated Nov 14, 2015. Note the highlighted part. This woman knew she was doing wrong as she told the bank she was using the money to take care of her mother. She sure neglected to mention that in the 60 Minutes story. What a worm she is.....

HARTFORD — Sandra Kimbro's mother died in 1984. On Wednesday, Kimbro, a Hamden resident, pleaded guilty in federal court to collecting her mother's Social Security benefits for the 30 years since her death, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Kimbro, 66, had a joint bank account with her mother in which the monthly benefits were deposited. From April 1984 to February of this year, she obtained more than $160,000 that had been deposited into that account for her mother's use, the office said.

Over the ensuing years, Kimbro would make withdrawals and told bank employees that she was caring for her mother, the office said.

Kimbro is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 11. The charge she pleaded guilty to, one count of theft of public funds, is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.

[JustJazzmom]

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

seriously??

[missy1]

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

What about the children?

[Lila Belle]

On 3/16/2015 missy1 said:

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

What about the children?

I'm afraid to hear his opinion !

[adelle38]

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

When SS began it was rare for women to work outside the home and men usually died first so the "widow's pension" was understandable. I think it's time to phase that out except in the case of widow's with young children. As to divorced spouses(any number of them) receiving spousal SS benefits, I think that's ridiculous.

[Marienkaefer2]

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

So a woman who was a SAHM, took care of house and children while husband worked outside the home did not "haul as any water?" She does not deserve some security herself? Wow. It might interest you to know that the ss you draw is NOT actually the money that you paid in. That was gone a long time ago. You are drawing from the money that I and other working people are paying in right now. But I'm not resentful. Hopefully there will be someone paying in for me when I'm your age.

[Mj12]

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

Thank you for your input.

[Marienkaefer2]

On 3/16/2015 adelle38 said:

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

When SS began it was rare for women to work outside the home and men usually died first so the "widow's pension" was understandable. I think it's time to phase that out except in the case of widow's with young children. As to divorced spouses(any number of them) receiving spousal SS benefits, I think that's ridiculous.

No it's not ridiculous. My aunt was married for 35 years and worked her tush off during that marriage, raising a family, maintaining the home, everything. Through no wish of her own she was divorced at 60. You're not going to tell ME or anyone else in those shoes that she does NOT deserve to collect on the ss that her husband earned during those years, especially as it was little enough that she got out of the divorce to help support herself at that age anyway. . Sorry, but you're WRONG. Geez is this 1915 or 2015 with these attitudes. Talk about devaluing women.

[JustJazzmom]

On 3/16/2015 adelle38 said:

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

When SS began it was rare for women to work outside the home and men usually died first so the "widow's pension" was understandable. I think it's time to phase that out except in the case of widow's with young children. As to divorced spouses(any number of them) receiving spousal SS benefits, I think that's ridiculous.

Let's extrapolate and not allow big CEO's to get their SS benefits too! After all they made tons of money when they were employed!!

Divorced, unremarried spouses should receive their spouse's SS benefits.

I hope you are never divorced and determine what you have to pay this month-- food or utility bills? For many divorced spouses, SS benefits are a necessity in their lives.

[Madisson]

On 3/16/2015 hckynut said: Any person(adult)that has NEVER worked should not receive anyone's SS benefits, deceased spouse or otherwise. If you did not "haul any water" you should not be allowed tom"drink from the trough", PERIOD! That is why the SS safe is filled with nothing but IOU' s.

I agree, but fortunately there actually is a SSD program for disabled adults who have never worked...based on their parents' SS benefits:

<h2>How Can My Adult Child Qualify for SSDI?</h2>

SSDI is a benefit available to people who have paid taxes to the Social Security Administration (SSA), much like Social Security retirement. Even if your adult child never worked, he may be eligible for Social Security “child” benefits based on your Social Security earnings record (or the other parent’s earnings record) if your child:

• became disabled before his or her 22nd birthday
• is 18 years of age or older
• is not married (but see discussion below), and
• has a parent who begins to get Social Security retirement or disability benefits or has a parent with a qualifying work history who dies.

In addition to these requirements, you must be able to prove that your child’s medical condition prevents him from performing what Social Security calls "substantial gainful activity" (SGA). For 2015, SGA was defined as earning $1,090 a month from work. To determine whether an adult child can work, the SSA uses the same disability guidelines for an adult who was disabled before the age of 22 as it does for a person who didn’t become disabled until adulthood.