She says she wants the house back, the council should pay the benefits owed to her tenants.

Their concern: that Social Security will lose its status as a protected benefit owed to every working American and instead become politically vulnerable, just like any other government program.

That is because payroll tax revenue would immediately plunge, while benefits owed to retirees would decline only gradually.

A person can also assign their rights to receive the benefits owed to a partner in a partnership.

Although the plans are insured by PBGC, American is solely responsible to pay benefits owed under its four pension plans.

PBGC cannot provide specific information on the plans or any of the benefits actually owed to AMR employees.

Employees also have the right to get an annual update from their employer showing the specific benefits owed to them.

It was a sad story of her husband's recent death and her struggle to collect the benefits owed to widows of veterans.

The surplus in Japan's social security fund, he explained, was not enough to pay for benefits owed to future retirees.

As the Social Security debate has shown, paying for the benefits owed to everyone who contributed to the existing system is a costly challenge.