Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by simplegifts
I don't have money or a job; the economy is awful anyway, and I'm not emotionally healthy enough to go out and get one. Something like retail or fast-food would be far too stressful for the worthless pay I'd receive anyway.

I would work enough every year to get enough Social Security quarters of coverage, which is somewhere in the neighborhood of $4,000 a year.

You have to pay into the system through employment to get any benefit.

Excellent point.