{"id":341493,"date":"2017-12-29T05:16:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T04:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-social-security-beneficiaries-hit-record-61859250\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T05:16:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T04:16:45","slug":"prison-planet-com-social-security-beneficiaries-hit-record-61859250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-social-security-beneficiaries-hit-record-61859250\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Social Security Beneficiaries Hit Record 61,859,250"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/commentary\/terence-p-jeffrey\/social-security-beneficiaries-hit-record-61859250\"><strong>CNS News<\/strong><\/a><br \/>December 28, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>The number of Social Security beneficiaries hit a record 61,859,250 in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/oact\/progdata\/icp.html\">according to data released by the Social Security Administration<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with unemployment at the lowest rate since 2000 (4.1 percent), there were 126,827,000 full-time workers in the United States (including government workers). Yet that equaled only 2.05 full-time workers for each person receiving Social Security benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Even when all 153,918,000 people who had jobs in November are considered (counting both full- and part-time workers), the ratio of workers to Social Security beneficiaries was about 2.49 to 1.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image init-colorbox-processed cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.cnsnews.com\/socialsecurity1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-content-100p img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/s3\/files\/styles\/content_100p\/s3\/socialsecurity1.jpg?itok=Hjl_kRGs\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"496\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The record 61,859,250 Social Security beneficiaries in November, included 45,439,781 retired workers and their dependents; 5,992,862 survivors of deceased workers; and 10,426,607 disabled workers and their dependents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/commentary\/terence-p-jeffrey\/social-security-beneficiaries-hit-record-61859250\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Thursday, December 28, 2017  at  9:27 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/social-security-beneficiaries-hit-record-61859250.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/social-security-beneficiaries-hit-record-61859250.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNS NewsDecember 28, 2017 The number of Social Security beneficiaries hit a record 61,859,250 in November, according to data released by the Social Security Administration. 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