 How does that happen? Good question. Don't know how they did it. Did Social Security admit to you that this was their fault? Yes, they did. But the agency said the Rodriguez's had to pay the money back anyway because they could afford to do so. Jean and Glenn own their home. Glenn gets a pension from the Navy. If it was something I knew I did totally wrong, they had the right to come after me, but I didn't know how they calculated it.