Heh. I didn't know that myself nor had I seen this rationale:
"Lawmakers chose the 85-percent figure because actuaries estimated that no Social Security beneficiary had paid (through withholding from his or her paychecks) for more than 15 percent of his or her own benefits."
"Lawmakers chose the 85-percent figure because actuaries estimated that no Social Security beneficiary had paid (through withholding from his or her paychecks) for more than 15 percent of his or her own benefits."
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I seriously do not understand the bend thing.
The Bend is the whole reason that and GPO existed and people don't seem to even get that it exists.