John McCain gets $1,930.00 a month from SS

 

"Republican presidential candidate John McCain cashes his monthly Social Security checks despite calling the federal program "a disgrace," the Associated Press reports.

"I'm receiving benefits," McCain told campaign reporters, but added, "the system is broken."

In 2007, he received benefits of $23,157 from Social Security, approximately $1,930 a month. The maximum monthly benefit under Social Security is $2,185. Social Security benefits are determined by age at retirement.

McCain, who is 71, has received benefits since he was 65..."  San Franciso Business Times

             I do not know what I think about the above.  I do not think John McCain should refuse the SS money.  Social Security is a social insurance program and I paid for it.  We all pay for it if we work.
           I did not know that the maximum benefit wsa $2,185.00 each month.  I get about half of that and I worked my entire life.   Often I had a part-time job.  I should have earned more money.  I would be in good shape if I got the maximum benefit.
           Republicans have always hated Social Security. 
              If it were not for SS I would be homeless.  Republicans would say if there was no SS program I would have saved money and invested and that today I would be rich.  I hope I would have done things different if there was no SS safety net but I am not sure.  Thank God there is a SS program and Thank God for President Roosevelt.