YSK: If you work in the U.S. as a W-2 worker, you can check to see how much money you've paid into Social Security and learn when you'll become eligible to draw from it in retirement
https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/statement.html
Wanted to share this as a resource since I started doing a deep dive on the financial implications during one's retirement years of being a homemaker earlier today in light of a new law in Florida stopping the practice of lifetime alimony.
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Apparently the SSA’s website closes for the evenings. Who would have thunk.
I ran into this as well and honestly just can't believe it. Like, this is something my grandparent would think might happen and I'd laugh at how silly it is. Yet here we are.
Those bits and bytes need time off too! 😂🤣
I'm 99% sure it's because the website is hooked into ancient systems that need complete control over the data to process and update. So they run that part overnight to have up to date information for the next day.
This is funny, but not true. The federal government turns off servers and electronics after business hours in accordance with power-saving measures enacted by President Jimmy Carter.
Carter installed solar panels onto the White House in the late 70s, early 80s. Reagan came in and dismantled them.
That is so much worse.
Gotta turn off the mainframe to save money!
Actually, the mouse running the wheel powering the server also needed to clock out for the night.
Have a problem with it? Take it up with the union, bub.
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I'm surprised!!!
If only there was a way to keep services up and running after hours. ¯\(ツ)/¯
Think about how well the SSA is funded and then consider where they might have cost cut. You'd be surprised how much contract IT eats into a budget.
You can open a.n account online though it's a pain in the ass. But I like to keep track so I can figure out what kind of dumpster I'll be able to afford in retirement.