125 Millions of people over 140 years old are collecting social security. Also, the total number of people collecting SS benefits are more than the population of the US (twitter.com) posted 1 year ago by SparkMandrill83 1 year ago by SparkMandrill83 +125 / -0 40 comments share 40 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Only one Civil War pension is/was still being paid. Not sure if you were being serious about anything.
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-08-08/civil-war-vets-pension-still-remains-on-governments-payroll-151-years-after-last-shot-fired
I was being semi serious because I knew folks like this existed. There's also the stories of the time traveler, but that one is really weird.
Are those Civil War pensions paid out of social security?
They can be. Unless there is a specific department for those pensions, which means several superfluous jobs.