Did you know that Social Security will only issue you four cards in a year?  

This is not about the benefits, it is about being able to be hired. You must have a Social Security Card to prove your number so you can be hired and work legally in the US. I know I had mine two months ago, but cannot find it, and I am hoping to have a new job.

I am sorry, that sounded a little harsh. We talk a lot about Social Security Benefits in the US, but I am not on any benefits as I am not old enough or disabled. If I do not have my card, I cannot get hired and I have applied to work at the Census.

I am sorry, that sounded a little harsh. We talk a lot about Social Security Benefits in the US, but I am not on any benefits as I am not old enough or disabled. If I do not have my card, I cannot get hired and I have applied to work at the Census.

Hello, GardenGerty.
What is the retirement age in US or in your state?
In my place, 55 for women and 60 for men.

Full retirement for all is 66 years old. Early retirement is about 63. They are raising the age all the time to try to keep Social Security from going bankrupt. My husband decided to draw early retirement funds, but he also works full time, at a very minimal job.

I think the retirement age should be a fixed one, it is not reasonable to raise it frequently. Have a nice weekend!

A college student stayed with me one summer, and he lost his entire billfold. It was hard to get anything replaced. He already had jobs, but he did not have a driver's license and driving was part of his job. I had to call and get his birth certificate sent here from Iowa. Now you probably cannot do that by phone. He had no patience to do the calling and stuff himself.

I am sure I put it in a "safe place" I do that a lot. Life is confused, my son has had to move in with us, and I am not using my brain well. This will be the fourth I have had. I had one with my birth name, I have had to change because of two marriages. This one is just misplaced, but I will need to have it if I get hired by anyone for anything soon, so it was better just to go request a new one.

Aw GG I am hearing more of this all around families having to move in with eachother to take care of eachother..nothing wrong with it and if this is your 4th card. you better not lose this one friend..bless it with holy water LOL

hi ocean and garden here in Ca now days both parents must work in order to just pay the r ent or mortgage payment, and some families move in together to split the cost of rent. in Santa And the city is c racking down on the illegal aliens who move four to five families into one two bedroom apartment just to save on rent, the sick thing is really they would have been better off rent wise back in Mexico, not coming in here illegally. if they come as legal aliens, they will ge t help on their rent, but not illegals contrary to what p eople think,oh they will get welfare benefits and food stamps, but no rent help. also they stand a good risk of being deported once the border patrol find them.

I prefer not to carry a purse, especially if it is crowded. I usually carry a check book or debit card. I can see where you could lose stuff in an accident.

I quit using the checkbook when they started running the checks through the register and handing them back to you. Somehow coping my check into their register just really turned me off! So only credit card. Right now I couldnt' tell you where my SS card is. I have it put up safe somewhere and if I needed it I would be really hunting. I wouldn't carry it because except for getting hired in somewhere you don't need it.

I know, I had mine a couple of months ago when I took a new part time job. It is so part time, I am applying to work the Census.Did not have my card for the application, but had another acceptable document.

Seen the advertisements here to do the census but it was to far for me to drive and it was only parttime and then I would loose my unemployment. WE never received a census to fill out and there was never a # to contact or any information on if you did not recieve....I would say it is because we moved but we have lived here 33 years!!!!! interesting. Good luck with your job.

It is easy to get the new one. Of course if he does not have to get a new job, he would not need it. Or if he does not need to apply for benefits. The office is just off of 30th, but I am sure you know that.

This is my fourth, because I was married twice. I am ordering it just because I have a chance at some part time work. I do not know if they would take my tribal document. I discovered my card missing when I went to take the Census test, so I decided I needed to order one, in case I got hired.

Ya, they will want to have that fire if you get hired. What tribe are you a part of? How do you say that? I am cherokee. Not enough to have a document. About 1/16th or something I think.

I am part Choctaw. I am only microscopically part of the tribe, but they claim me. If you have a relative that was on the final Dawes role you can probably get tribal verification. I have not used the card except this time. On the other hand my sister and my niece and her daughter use the medical clinics. Do you know your family lineage? Can you trace it back to around 1907?

Interesting. I don't have any information on my lineagle. My mom and dad are both gone now and I wish I had asked both of them questions on several things. You might be glad at some point that you have the card from the tribe. You never know what might come up.

They only asked for my driver's license or passport or other form of official ID. Then they orally asked me a bunch of questions like Mother's maiden name, etc.

Did you not need to change it when you got married? That is why I have had two of mine.

Social Security is a government program intended to supplement the retirement of the elderly, and to provide benefits for the disabled or for underage survivors when someone dies. If you work in the United States, you have to pay into it. You have a card with a number on it, that identifies you for your entire life, and has to be shown when someone hires you. I had mine two months ago, but cannot find it now, and I am taking some part time work. I do not know if you have something similar or not.

We have one similar to that but not all elderly people benefits from it and when you have working children you won't qualify for this aid. It is only meant for the hardcore poor. It is very small amount of RM120.00 per month for each recipient and it can hardly cover a month's food bills. Aids are also given to handicapped people and single mothers. Salaries are deducted to be deposited to our pension scheme called Employees Provident fund. 9% will be deducted from employees salary and employers contribute 11% to the fund every month. When we reach 55 years old we can withdraw all the money from this fund for our old age expenses.

The provident fund is more like Social Security, except we cannot withdraw it all at once. We contribute, and so does the employer.

There is another discussion up about Social Security Benefits today, by another MyLotter, and it has a lot of valuable information. Your son needs to check into this before retirement age.

There is another discussion up about Social Security Benefits today, by another MyLotter, and it has a lot of valuable information. Your son needs to check into this before retirement age.