Posted on 01/29/2023 9:19:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
"Dittos" for me.
So what are you gonna do for the next 20 years?
“So what are you gonna do for the next 20 years?”
Fish. Learn to cook. Play golf. Teach a couple of online college courses. And at the end of the day, continue to try to seduce my wife of 33 years.
I’m a disabled vet so our medical won’t be too bad. Have no recurring bill payments with the exception of life insurance. But with the new VA burial insurance plan, I can cut over 300 a month from my monthly expenses.
If they hadn’t kept robbing SS and giving it away to those who aren’t supposed to receive it, it would be flush...
The end goal of all this, no matter what they tell you, is putting government in complete and total control of every person’s finances — except for the ultra-rich, who give money to the politicians who make these laws.
If I didn’t think they would piss the money away on something else...I could live with raising the age.
The irony is that libertarians won't stop pushing for policies like free trade, open borders, and removing all government benefits until we get a real socialist revolution.
People plan their future based on the Social Security Age.
Do you want to lose elections? Because this is how you lose elections.
That’s it exactly. You were never supposed to live to collect, and those that did wouldn’t for long.
^^THIS^^
I hit 70 years old next quarter. My East Coast company laid me off when they closed the office in my West Coast state. I want to work. So far, every single submission of my resume has been met with silence.
Moreover, I had vested in two separate pension funds. Both got looted to zero. Later in my career, I participated in 401(k) plans as soon as they became available, but not for long enough to build a retirement nest egg.
I wanted to "die with my boots on." I fear no such luck.
Sounds like you have a good plan. Too many of my pals have not had a plan other than starting the cocktail hour(s) at noon.
Or people could have/can fund their own retirement. Anyone today that does not fund their 401k or IRA is going to be broke in retirement.
One thing about aging is that we each do it differently. I have friends my age that are really young and some that are really old. I felt really young until I fought off cancer and now I feel pretty darn old, but my mind isn’t thinking I’m old until the bodily limitations hit.
Some people are physically, mentally and temperamentally happy working in their 70s and even 80s. Others aren’t,
I retired at close to 67. It has been fun, but I didn’t save enough and now, at 74, I don’t do some of the travel and other modestly priced diversions I used to do.
Our “leaders” are well aware of the problem.
They have decided for a different “solution”.
Use the “health care system” to kill the elderly.
If the “experts” use the mass media to tell elderly people to take the vaxx, for example, you can be sure it is a really bad idea.
There is no way they want the elderly to live longer.
FDR did not want SS to be a welfare program.
He wanted workers to pay in and get paid back later.
The cap is based on the maximum benefit amount. Once you reach the maximum benefit amount, you don’t keep paying in.
100% agree. In particular, the SSI benefit (disability really infuriates me because it is handed out to pretty much anybody who applies for it.
One of the most egregious examples of abuse I've witnessed is in my own family. One family member was in the construction field and in his early 40s he developed knee issues so could no longer do the work he was accustomed to. However, his employer offered him an inside job at the same level of pay with opportunities for advancement (such as supervisor, foreman, construction manager).
But he decided he didn't want to be a "paper pusher" or a boss, so applied for SSI and got it, at the age of 42. Since then (this was 20 years ago), he has been collecting a full Social Security check as though he waited until FRA age (67) to collect.
What has he been doing the past 20 years? He's been going to the gym, hanging out at the beach, and working "under the table" at various jobs for extra cash. He could be working pretty much any job that doesn't require him to work on his knees. Sure, he's not rich but he's getting along just fine, while the rest of us work.
Meanwile I've been working my entire life without a break. I'm just now approaching the age of 62 when I can collect some benefits but I'm going to push it to 67 or beyond because I'm still healthy and able to contribute rather then become one of those collecting.
There is no reason whatsover to be giving lifetime "early retirement" SSI checks to people with only limited disabilities.
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