On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:12:05 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:



>Maybe I'd better look into that spouse amount.
>
> It's hard to believe that someone can get more for sitting home on
>one's ass rather than working for 40 years. I still think there's
>something you're not telling us.
>
>Did you ever make more than minimum wage in those 40 years?

Maximum SS benefit is about 2500. That means the wife could get half,
or $1250. The average person is collecting less than that after
working their entire life

Even better, you can have multiple wives over the years and they can
all collect half. You just have to be married to each of them for 10+
years.