Not at all. It is not as if your contributions go to an individual account that can be depleted every time you claim. Instead, your contributions go to your record as a contributor to the big pool of funds. Each benefit is calculated based on the number value of contribution weeks on your record along with other factors relating to the level of your earnings. Therefore, in almost all cases when you claim Social Security looks to your record and not to an account balance. It is therefore possible for persons to receive benefits that amount to more actual cash than they paid into the fund.