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Here are the changes that could be coming to your Social Security benefits
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| Sept 30, 2021
| Lorie Konish
Posted on 10/01/2021 6:33:04 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: AppyPappy
And here I am at 70 years old and trying to draw SS and can’t get in on-line and all of the field offices are closed. It’s been very frustrating.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Trust Fund? There ain’t no friggin Trust Fund. The Pols depleted that years ago. Its all paper like our currency.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:33:33 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(leave the gun, take the canolis)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Since I’m retired, the best option would be anything that doesn’t affect retirees.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:35:09 AM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
To: 1Old Pro
And the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago!
To: Brian Griffin
“Adult child”
Only in America.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:36:38 AM PDT
by
americas.best.days...
( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
In my dreams, this program would end overnight. All it would take would be 5 Justice Thomas’s on the Supreme Court and a person to bring up a Constitutional challenge to the program (i.e., where, in the Constitution, is SS authorized?).
Game over for SS, and Medicare, and many other programs. States could pick them up, if they desired, or use other means to address the needs of older people (such as Elder Support, modeled after Child Support, where healthy younger relatives pay for their elders).
Never happen, thanks to our ‘education’ system, but nice to dream about.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:40:32 AM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
To: 1Old Pro
He’s not 31....he’s been working 31 years, at his job.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:41:38 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
To: Jane Long
He’s not 31....he’s been working 31 years, at his job.LOL, I see that now
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:45:07 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: AppyPappy
The only way that anyone gets SSDI is via lawyer. It's a huge pay for play for those kinds of lawyers. The lawyers get 40% of the backpay and they only put in about 2-3 hours worth of work - because the system is designed to reject everyone the first, second, and maybe third time.
It's corrupt, easily.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:45:12 AM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Words mean things & words have power. Wield it responsibly.)
To: Brian Griffin
You think this? Or, do you KNOW this?
You sound pretty detailed, and certain.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:48:24 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
To: Tell It Right
Your government has plans for your private investments. Once they manufacture another stock market crash, they will absolutely require a portion of your private retirement account be transferred to the SSA in the interest of “safety.” It will probably start at 20% but will quickly grow to consume nearly all of your retirement accounts. No two ways about it, fedgov needs a bailout and retirement money is a goldmine with a huge target.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:52:37 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
To: Brian Griffin
“$400/month SSDI payment”
As I recall, that was the amount he told me he was getting (w/o me asking). I had better things to do than research the veracity of his claim. It could be false or my memory could be faulty. But it did not seem like much money to me. This guy also lives with his aging other, so it probably just pocket money for him.
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posted on
10/01/2021 7:55:10 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(Truth is stranger than fiction)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Last year Trump was talking about eliminating the payroll tax entirely. I hope he drops that idea for his second term.
To: BobL
Game over for SS, and Medicare, and many other programs.And for a lot of people who did not have the wherewithal or the smarts to prepare for their declining years, or whose investments did not meet expectations. If they don't die of the COVID jab first.
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posted on
10/01/2021 8:12:26 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Tell It Right
SS fund managers
lol--no such animal.
https://wallstreetexaminer.com/2017/03/social-security-trust-fund-just-stack-ious-west-virginia-filing-cabinet/
You too can be one of those "fund managers".
Every day write a note that reads "I owe myself one million dollars". Take each note and put it in a file cabinet.
"Trust fund management"--fun for the entire family!
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posted on
10/01/2021 8:12:28 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: ncfool
Or, eventually, they will solve the problem by cutting off benefits to Trump voters. Because supporters of Orange Man bad.
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posted on
10/01/2021 8:16:36 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(Truth is stranger than fiction)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
With people living longer than they did when Social Security came into being, what would happen if eligibility was extended from 65 to 70 years of age??
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posted on
10/01/2021 8:24:28 AM PDT
by
elpadre
( ying them.)
To: 1Old Pro
At 31, Put $100/week into a Roth IRA and you'll be much better off. You need to re-read that comment. They're not "31 years old." They're 31 years into their job, actively working and contributing to society.
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posted on
10/01/2021 8:28:31 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: Maigrey
My sister got approved in March. The lawyer gets 25% of the monthly up to $6,000 so it behooves them to wait for the money to come until they reach the max.
She gets the money Nov 25.
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posted on
10/01/2021 8:37:18 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Social security is already means tested by taxation.
The trust fund is a joke and it is long gone. SS has been used for every pork project you can name to buy votes. It needs to be forward abolished and let the current users cash out or exhaust their benefit.
Nothing will ever be done. Just like everything else, the can will be kicked down the road.
This article is just more fear porn.
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posted on
10/01/2021 8:47:41 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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