Is it common for seniors to divorce for social security benefits?

[tical]

Pretty shitty... $25,000 benefits for an individual, but only $32,000 for a married couple.

I heard that some seniors are divorcing just to beat the shitty system? Any truth to this? I can't find anything online about it.

[F-U-Jimmy]

Ye i did it twice now i get $50,000

[V_RocKs]

In this economy? Yes!

[Sly]

Don't we pay into Social Security as a single person? Why should marital status impact what we get back out of it in the end?

[tical]

Don't we pay into Social Security as a single person? Why should marital status impact what we get back out of it in the end?

check it out, seems a bit fucked up http://www.ssa.gov/planners/taxes.htm