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Email claims Social Security is voluntary and tax deductible – true or false?


An email is making the rounds purporting to be a “history lesson” on Social Security for “young whipper snappers” who “weren’t taught or just didn’t know” the following truths about Social Security.  In case you doubt any of these, the email tells you “facts are facts.”
The email tells you:

Social Security is VOLUNTARY and has been since [...]

Social Security myths: you have to wait 60 days after being denied to reapply


I hear this one with some frequency. I am meeting with a client and they tell me that someone at Social Security told them that if they want to appeal, they have to wait sixty days before starting a new claim / filing a new application.
That’s just not true.
You do not have to wait any [...]