re: #140 avanti

Here’s another:

“The earliest reported applicant for a lump-sum benefit was a retired Cleveland motorman named Ernest Ackerman, who retired one day after the Social Security program began. During his one day of participation in the program, a nickel was withheld from Mr. Ackerman’s pay for Social Security, and, upon retiring, he received a lump-sum payment of 17 cents.”

Hi avanti! Yeah, I read about poor Mr. Ackerman as well. Poor guy, he invested a nickel and only got back about three times his “investment”.

;-)