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Social Security has a 35-year rule that’s reducing your benefit

THE STREET·May 19 ago·3 min read
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You pay 6.2% of every paycheck into Social Security over the course of your career, with the expectation that the system will return a fair portion of that money in retirement benefits. But people with shorter work histories may not qualify for Social Security at all, or they may receive a far …

You pay 6.2% of every paycheck into Social Security over the course of your career, with the expectation that the system will return a fair portion of that money in retirement benefits. But people with shorter work histories may not qualify for Social Security at all, or they may receive a far …

You pay 6.2% of every paycheck into Social Security over the course of your career, with the expectation that the system will return a fair portion of that money in retirement benefits. But people with shorter work histories may not qualify for Social Security at all, or they may receive a far …

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