Should social security benefits be discontinued when a person reaches 70 years of age?

More money for wars. Great plan.

Without social security what is an older person supposed to live on. Not to mention they have made contributions to the system for 40 years.

<<<<<How about eliminating these other benefits under Social Security>>>>

• Each divorced spouse of over 10 years marriage receive spousal benefits after age 60 or 50 if disabled.

• Each child of each divorced spouse from each marriage of over 10 years gets benefits to age 18.

• Each child of a disabled parent on SSD or SSI also receives disability benefits

• Children born with a permanent mental or physical disability get benefits from SSD or SSI

• Each child of each deceased parent receives survivor benefits to age 18 or 19

• Legal low income senior emigrants who have not worked in the U.S. get SSI

• Low income Families can get SSI

• Pregnant girls and women of low income get SSI

• Seniors whose Social Security is 200% below federal poverty guideline receive SSI

• Adults under age 65 get for SSI if disabled short-term

• Adults under age 65 get SSDI if disabled long-term

No, it should not be discontinued, though that depends on the reasoning for either action. Having more money for war-making is hardly an issue. The Defense Dept. has more than enough money and weaponry for that WITHOUT having to curtail Social Security. Social Seurity should and can be continued indefinitely for persons with legal status in this country and have completed 10 quarters of lifetime work as tax payers. What anyone so old do with his/her Social Security and other moneys is his/her decision, unless legally determined incompetent to manage his/her affairs. A person 70 or older who receives Social Security assistance and/or retirement has earned the right to receive such beneficial help. The older we are, the longer and more we've paid our country through our taxes.

Sure and then the "end of life counselors" could earn their money.

Where in the Hell do people come up with this garbage?

By the way my 85 year old father receives $104 a month SSI. But with a small retirement check and good investments through out his life he is not destitute and dependent on all that money you want to take form him.

Mine when the day comes will be about 1500 a month, I'm not sure about you but that is not what I would call "a lot of money".

Seriously? How do you think a person over the age of 70 is going to live when they receive no money to pay for their daily needs?

They worked and paid into SS for their entire lives,why wouldn't they be eligible to receive those benefits?

Well, we do still pay taxes. We own homes, and the last I looked neither food nor energy were free.

I wonder too how much money you think older people get from Social Security, is two thousand a month, for two people such a great amount?

if tht is so then would not the 70 year old be entitled to a full refund on all the taxes ect. paid during his 70 years, the 70 year old worked paid in so someone could draw now it is the same turn for him

Social Security was intended for people in their 60's and older

No, I will be 70 in a few weeks, I have contributed into it since I was 14 years old.

The whole point of Social Security is to provide retirement for older people. US citizens pay for it as well.

I've contributed to SS for ever 50 years...as has my wife. Are you suggesting that we don't get the money back that was forcibly taken from our paychecks?