I’m not involved in that system. I’m just asking. Btw, you seem angry.
And I have no idea a wife, working or not, who’s husband dropped dead before 62 could collect the full pop SS confiscated by government.
Not angry. Befuddled that somebody with a decent intellect is ignorant of SS. Survivors benefits are paid to the surviving spouse in perpetuity. Kids until they reach age 18 unless they are disabled. If the spouse dies the day after the first spouse and there are no kids then the money paid in gets redistributed. SS in a nutshell.
She can’t. He’s wrong.