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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
She paid into SS as anyone else does. In addition, she contributed to the pension. Maybe they changed the rules in the last 14 years we have been down in Florida? Maybe the Lees Simmit school district were idiots interpreting a law?
Only about 5% of teachers that start in education stay in the field their whole careers. What about the teacher that works for 7 years or so, then changes fields? They have lost 7 years of SS time.
She does get $800 a month from SS. But, Im not clear if thats from my taking SS or not. Still new to all this.
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That first link says Florida is an opt-in state, so it makes sense she's been paying into it since you've lived there.
If you 100% have paystubs/info from MO that shows SS was taken out, if I were in her shoes I'd be really curious if that was supposed to happen... but I'm by no means a SS or Missouri teacher/pension expert. It would take a pretty massive **** up to be taking out for SS all these years and then not seeing that benefit back, but I guess it's possible.
But as you mentioned, the more you make, the more you put into SS and the more you get out of it, which really sucks for underpaid professions like teaching.