Social Security good thing

[John Harrelson]

I received some good news for a change.... :B

A few weeks ago I received a letter from Social Security stating that I was no longer able to participate in their "T"� ticket job training program.. They were canceling my ticket because of ...( then listed several reasons for dropping me from the program)..

I didn't think much about it for a couple of weeks and thought I had thrown the letter away..

Then yesterday, I found the letter and decided to call Social Security for more information about it... worried that maybe it could effect my monthly Soc.Sec. check.

I asked him to please explain the letter because I did not know what a "T"� ticket was or that I had been on that program since I was 58 years old.

He said not to worry, because all the letter was saying is that I had reached the age of "Full Retirement"� ...... which is 65.

and after a person reaches 65 years old they are no longer considered to be "Disabled"� by Social Security definition...
even if the person is actually still disabled..

Because I am now considered by Social Security to be a "Retired"� person my monthly check will start coming from the Regular Social Security account and not the "Disability"� Soc.Sec. account..

PLUS.... My monthly check would remain the same ,,, no decrease or increase due to being automatically shifted over to "Regular"� retirement status...

I would continue to get the maximum Social Security amount because I had started drawing the maximum when I went on disability at age 58..

When a person is awarded S.S. "Disability"� .... it is the same amount that he would normally receive when he reaches "Full Retirement Age"..

And... AND ... ... here is the best part...

because I am now over 65 I can go back to work and earn "UNLIMITED"� income, if I want too.

YES... that is "Unlimited"� income and it will NOT effect my Social Security income in any way...

I thought that at age 65 a person could only earn up to a certain amount ($18000.00) and anything more than that would effect the monthly SS amount...

and I also thought that a person had to be over 70 years old before he could earn all the money he wanted too.

Not anymore the SS man said .... thanks to Bill Clinton signing a law into effect saying that the "Full Retirement Age"� with "unlimited income allowance" is 65, not 70 years old.

So theoretically speaking I could earn a million dollars a year and still draw my full Soc.Sec. check with NO penalties..

He told me that I would not notice anything different with my SS check because the only thing that has happened is that the check is being issued from a different "Pocket"� in the treasury..

My check now comes out of the "Regular Retirement"� pocket instead of the "Disability"� pocket.

I guess that old adage of "Good things come to those who wait"� has some truth to it after all..


HOT DOG !!! quick... somebody give me a job that will pay me a million dollar a year... I'll bring my own wheelchair and lunch bucket..

hummnnnnnn... wonder how much a Wal-Mart door greeter is paid ....

John

[John Harrelson]

I received some good news for a change.... :B

A few weeks ago I received a letter from Social Security stating that I was no longer able to participate in their "T"� ticket job training program.. They were canceling my ticket because of ...( then listed several reasons for dropping me from the program)..

I didn't think much about it for a couple of weeks and thought I had thrown the letter away..

Then yesterday, I found the letter and decided to call Social Security for more information about it... worried that maybe it could effect my monthly Soc.Sec. check.

I asked him to please explain the letter because I did not know what a "T"� ticket was or that I had been on that program since I was 58 years old.

He said not to worry, because all the letter was saying is that I had reached the age of "Full Retirement"� ...... which is 65.

and after a person reaches 65 years old they are no longer considered to be "Disabled"� by Social Security definition...
even if the person is actually still disabled..

Because I am now considered by Social Security to be a "Retired"� person my monthly check will start coming from the Regular Social Security account and not the "Disability"� Soc.Sec. account..

PLUS.... My monthly check would remain the same ,,, no decrease or increase due to being automatically shifted over to "Regular"� retirement status...

I would continue to get the maximum Social Security amount because I had started drawing the maximum when I went on disability at age 58..

When a person is awarded S.S. "Disability"� .... it is the same amount that he would normally receive when he reaches "Full Retirement Age"..

And... AND ... ... here is the best part...

because I am now over 65 I can go back to work and earn "UNLIMITED"� income, if I want too.

YES... that is "Unlimited"� income and it will NOT effect my Social Security income in any way...

I thought that at age 65 a person could only earn up to a certain amount ($18000.00) and anything more than that would effect the monthly SS amount...

and I also thought that a person had to be over 70 years old before he could earn all the money he wanted too.

Not anymore the SS man said .... thanks to Bill Clinton signing a law into effect saying that the "Full Retirement Age"� with "unlimited income allowance" is 65, not 70 years old.

So theoretically speaking I could earn a million dollars a year and still draw my full Soc.Sec. check with NO penalties..

He told me that I would not notice anything different with my SS check because the only thing that has happened is that the check is being issued from a different "Pocket"� in the treasury..

My check now comes out of the "Regular Retirement"� pocket instead of the "Disability"� pocket.

I guess that old adage of "Good things come to those who wait"� has some truth to it after all..


HOT DOG !!! quick... somebody give me a job that will pay me a million dollar a year... I'll bring my own wheelchair and lunch bucket..

hummnnnnnn... wonder how much a Wal-Mart door greeter is paid ....

John

[rebelsbeach]

So John, let's hear something about how your RV is doing or where you've been lately in it?

Tell us more about your RV and how you use it...

[John Harrelson]

Hi Reb,

Since I lost my right eye, I have been severely restricted on my traveling...

I can't drive at night or in heavy traffic because of losing peripheral vision and depth perception..

So my RV is stuck in an RV park for the time being...

I still live full time in it of course, but my RVing is now done with friends who have a 5th wheel and when I get the chance I go exploring in my truck.

The area around northern Nevada and California has so many interesting places to see that it would take a lifetime to see them all..

If you are ever in this area, give a shout and I will show you some of the places I like to wander around in...

John

[Toby]

John

What SS didn't tell you is that if your income is over $40,000 (includes wifes) (it starts at $20,000 and works up to $40,000) the IRS will tax 80% of your SS income. Nice paying taxes on money you paid in for retirement! s/Toby

[Chuck Linn]

I have a better one I am on full SS and keep a part time job until the wife retires. The part time job is required to with hold SS so I am paying my own SS makes sense to me