@DontTreadOnMe,
Quote:guess if ya don't pay in, ya can't collect. similar to unemployment or ssi, i guess.
You dont have to pay into SSI to collect.
Minor children can collect if their parent has died, even if the minor child never paid in.
Someone that is mentally handicapped can collect, even if they never paid in.
You need to check with the SS admin to find out.
As for unemployment, an employee does NOT pay into unemployment.
Your employer pays into it.
So, you CAN collect unemployment even if you never paid in to it, because as an employee you do not pay into it.
So your analogy is seriously flawed.