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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Social security benefits and old age pensions will be fully index-linked to wage rises under the terms of collective bargaining agreements.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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Social Security benefits increase each year based on the rise in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.
Social Security benefits are progressive--they replace a larger share of past earnings for low-income retirees than those who earned more.
Social Security pays benefits to current retirees out of payroll taxes on current employers and workers.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Social Security disability benefits consist of monthly payments and/or medicare benefits which provide compensation to those who are disabled from performing substantial gainful work of any kind.
Social Security will pay up to 6 months of provisional benefits while they determine if you meet eligibility requirements.
Social Security disability benefits are available for disabled workers who have paid in enough money to the Social Security fund over enough quarters to have insured status.
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Craig Leveaux,
Blogger
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Social Security benefits are progressive -- lifetime high earners subsidize lifetime low and average wage earners.
Social security retirement benefits are available to anyone who has worked long enough and recently enough in a job for which they paid social security taxes.
Social Security disability and SSI disability benefits are not guaranteed forever.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Social Security does not provide for any partial disability but it does provide disability benefits for workers who are totally and permanently disabled.
Social Security funds are used for retirement funds, as well as disability and benefits to widows and orphans.
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