y this people would receive earnings of $500 or more per month. More than six million workers and family members get disability benefits and the statistics also show that 3 out of 10 younger Americans will become disabled and 1 out of 6 will die before reaching the retirement age.
             Other advantage of the Social Security is that other members of a family can qualify for benefits too. If someone is eligible for retirement or disability benefits, a member of this person's family might also receive benefits. For example a spouse that is at least 62 years old automatically qualify for family benefits. Such a benefit helps especially to those people who don't get a high amount of money as a retirement or disability benefit. "Benefits are also payable to certain divorced wives and divorced widows and to certain parents of covered workers"(Tomkiel, 19).
             The federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) is the other trust fund that is used to pay for retirement and survivor benefits. This trust receives 5.35% of the Social Security tax. An example of how the survivor benefits can help is a family of a deceased worker. They might be eligible for survivor benefits, even if not e
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