Tag: parents
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Created in the 1930s, Social Security’s spousal benefit – it’s half of a retired husband’s benefit – was the way to compensate housewives for the work of raising children. The world has changed, but Social Security hasn’t been modified to reflect the rise of the full-time, working mother. Today, married women frequently have earned enoug…