"You might think that Social Security's family benefit maximum is what it sounds like, a straightforward dollar ceiling on the total amount that you, your spouse, and your children can receive on your earnings record and that the same ceiling would apply to everyone. But you'd be wrong. For starters, there's a rather weird and arguably unfair formula for calculating the family benefit maximum."

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Laurence Kotlikoff

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Unfair Quotes

“When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.”

Source : Patrick Lencioni (2012). “The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons
“The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.”
“Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.”

Source : Mary Astell (2002). “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies”, p.67, Broadview Press
“I don't think Americans would tolerate profiling.”
“Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.”
“My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.”
“It doesn't seem as if there's that much of a difference between a big production and a little production, other than you have a smaller space in which to get dressed and you have a shorter waiting time.”

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