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Show Social Security Manager Answers Common Query "Why do I have to quit work to get social security benefits?". This is a question the people at the Provo Social Security Office hear every day. Many people wonder why social security doesn't make retirement payments regardless of work or earnings. "The answer," says Mr. Powell, district manager, "is that social security se-curity was designed to replace in part the income lost when you retire. re-tire. ' If you do not quit working there is no lost income to be replaced." re-placed." In other words, you must "retire" to get retirement benefits. Paying everyone at retirement age, whether they retired or not, would cause a big increase in the cost of social security. The extra benefits would be going to people who still were working and, generally speaking, these are the people who need it least. Mr. Powell pointed out that "social "so-cial security is intended to be a foundation on which retirement plans can be built." In making your retirement plans, be sure to visit the social security office. A representative will be at the post-office post-office in Beaver Wednesday, September Sep-tember 14, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon. |