Tag: The Decline in Social Security’s Family Benefits
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Old benefit structure not well suited for today’s families. Social Security provides not only benefits to workers who retire after a lifetime of work or become disabled but also spousal and survivor benefits. These “family” benefits were designed in the 1930s for a one-earner married couple. The spousal benefit guarantees the lower earning spous…