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[–] Organichedgehog@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Either work for yourself or dont work at all. Also, disability insurance and SS are a fucking farce so cover your own ass and quit giving the government your money.

How is any of this optional?

[–] Themadbeagle@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think they assume that you follow their advice and are now "working for yourself", which I assume to mean create your own business such as a consulting company, a store, etc. With that assumption, and this is obviously not legal advice, I believe, in the US, you don't have to contribute to social security if your business has under a certain number of employees. I also think not all states require disability insurance under similar business size limits (this one I am less sure of).