seraphim
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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. This apparently varies by State, so you have to be careful with broad-brush statements. I was pretty sure that teachers in IL do not pay into, nor receive benefits for SS. As I am just now double checking DDs taxes for her (she is a first year teacher here in IL), I looked again at her W2, and she most definitely does not pay into SS.
I found the initial SS contract from 1935 to be an interesting read. The federal government mandated it, in general, gave each state a minimum amount of money to initiate the program, then stepped out. There were no guidelines as how to set up or run the program. Nada.
Details were left to each individual state.
As for paying into SS, I read somewhere on the SSA site(if memory serves) that certain public employees could be classified non-contributing participants, and though they could not collect full benefits, they couldn't lose more than half of their benefits(?). Does that mean they can collect no less than 20% of their working income?
I don't know and can't find clarification.
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