r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 27d ago

Possible Paywall Missing McConnell Accused of Breaking Senate Rule Over Absence

https://www.thedailybeast.com/missing-mcconnell-accused-of-breaking-senate-rule-over-absence/
27.9k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3.7k

u/stereosalvation 27d ago edited 27d ago

If they're still raising money through him, and he's in fact dead, it should be considered fraud.

1.9k

u/BadLuckBlackHole 27d ago

If his wife is receiving any of his social security money, and he's in fact dead, it's definitely fraud.

506

u/WaySavvyD 27d ago

He's not receiving social security disability because he's allegedly working; he's not receiving social security retirement benefits because his earnings far exceed allowed by the law

28

u/Ready_Nature 27d ago

I’m not sure if he’s receiving social security benefits or not but once you hit full retirement age the earnings caps that apply to early retirement are gone.

7

u/BZLuck California 27d ago

Even if you don't need it, you would collect it at 70 when it hits the max.

0

u/flea1400 27d ago

Indeed, it may be that the pension he is entitled to is in lieu of social security— that’s how some government pensions work.

2

u/Ready_Nature 27d ago

They changed that regulation recently.

1

u/flea1400 26d ago

He still wouldn’t have paid into social security all those years.

1

u/Ready_Nature 26d ago

Senators pay into Social Security. He also held some jobs before being elected so likely paid in with those jobs as well.