if you want to go to the website, you can find neil erwin 's analysis there.umboldt, texas, thomas says he stopped looking for work. caller: merry christmas, america. listen america, one of the biggest reasons it is hard to work on social security is because you are only allowed to make so much. i think you can only keep $2000 in the bank before you penalize after that or you can only make $17,000 a year. you should be able to make $40,000 before anything is penalized, taken out of your social security check. another thing, if you know anything about green energy, get your solar job. on-the-job application it should be, can you do this and are you an american citizen? end of story. host: let me jump back a little bit. you said you stopped working. you stopped working because of social security or were there other factors? caller: i received it. i could get a job tomorrow. somebody is trying to hire me now. i used to work in health care. host: why did you stop looking? caller: well, because i have money. [laughs] if you have money, you know, i have some propert