If $15/Hr Is a Minimum Living Wage, Why Is Social Security Minimum $5.48/Hr?

[Weatherman2020]

$15/hr is $2600 a month.
Minimum Social Security payment for 30 years of work is $950.80

So ….. screw the elderly because they vote Republican?

What Is The Minimum Social Security Benefit? | Full Guide

The Social Security Administration allows for the calculation of a Special Minimum Benefit for those individuals who worked part-time or earned low income.

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[Lisa558]

Social security was never intended to be the sole source of support.

Similarly, unskilled minimum wage jobs that teens do were never intended to be sufficient for support, either.

 

[konradv]

Social security was never intended to be the sole source of support.

Similarly, unskilled minimum wage jobs that teens do were never intended to be sufficient for support, either.

Oh yeah, who works when the teens are in school? It’s not just a teen job. It’s a service job, just like retail and wait staff.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Thats a good point.