Not new, but 'another' way the gov. takes your SS$.

I just signed up to receive benefits, and of course I understand that you are not actually entitled until you have been at that age for 'one month'. But I was livid once I found out how they have managed to milk billions of dollars out of recipients by making them wait THREE WEEKS for their money AFTER their checks are actually due them.

Let me give an example (with hypothetical numbers) to show how they do it:

Let's say 3 million recipients receive $1200 a month, that = $3,600,000,000 a month. And let's say there is a CD interest rate of 3% annual. We divide that by 52 weeks, then multiply that by the 3 weeks they hold your money = $6,230,769 in interest EVERY 3 weeks that the government rips off from recipients in interest that is theirs.

Yes, over 6 million dollars (just using these numbers) every 3 weeks that they can use to pay bonuses to government workers, take trips, pay for the GSA or IRS to have training groups in Hawaii, etc..

Think the 3 weeks they make you wait amounts to nothing? Think again. They pinch you just enough so you won't squeal, so that they can make a lot of money.