just found out warren buffett gets a social security check every month lol. apparently it's around $5,100 in today's money, which honestly sounds wild for someone worth $165 billion. but here's the thing - social security is literally just based on your salary history, not your net worth. buffett's salary is only like $100k a year, so that's what they calculate from. the whole system caps out at a maximum anyway, so even warren buffett doesn't get special treatment. it's kinda funny how the richest people still qualify for the same social security benefits as everyone else who worked 30+ years. makes you think about how the system was actually designed to keep people from poverty, not to reward billionaires. anyway, if you're curious about your own warren buffett-style social security payout, the SSA has a calculator for it. the math is pretty straightforward - they look at your best 35 years of earnings and work backwards from there.