Intentional Elder Abuse...................
One word: GOVERNMENT.
Government promises you everything but takes all the money and freedom it can away from you.
This is sad and happened in less than 2 years.
Inflation is always brutal for seniors—particularly those who are renters (since rents in inflationary times always rise much faster than their incomes).
What is the dollar amount poverty line for seniors over 65?
Heckuva job, Brandon.
Generations of Americans have been trained to rely on the nanny-state, socialism, and progressive government.
But socialism and progressive government always fails
Social security is mostly below poverty level. Average SS is about ~$1,700, maximum ~$3,000. That’s a lot less than the $15 an hour claimed to be living wage.
People must have savings to augment it!
With inflation and market collapse, savings are highly affected, so more people end up in poverty!
A million words that try to sound like an insightful analysis. We don't need them. The answer is that government completely screwed up the retirement system in America. First, Social Security and Medicare were never supposed to take care of all of the seniors needs during retirement. They were a supplement and safety net. Not 100% of retirement income. But the government makes it hard for seniors to save with confiscatory tax policies. So it drives seniors into relying on Social Security and other government programs. Its such a complete mess.
The fraudulent President, Joe Biden, says economy is ‘strong as hell’ while eating ice cream in Portland
Expecting Social Security to keep one out of poverty has been a dumb assumption all my life and the vast majority of people have understood this for a long time.
The govt can’t keep you out of poverty, that’s YOUR job.
The inflation has added one million to the poverty class. That doesn’t mean we need to raise SS it for other 60 million who draw.
There are programs for those few genuinely in need.
Here’s why...
DEMOCRATS
Property and school taxes to support all the illegals isn’t helping.
Businesses that want illegal or foreign labor need to supply everything—education of the children, day care and any food, medical and housing that the illegal/work card carriers need.
Yes, I’m willing to pay bigger prices. At least I can see what I’m paying for without the open ended s*** that has government stealing from us.
“In fact, the number of survey participants who say they have applied for SNAP or visited a food pantry over the past 12 months is 33% compared to 22% a year ago. The number who say they have applied for rental assistance has almost doubled, from 5% in 2021 to 9% in 2022. Those who have applied for heating assistance up from 10% to 17%.”
All by design, Comrades. All. By. Design.
I just signed up this week for SS. I retired at age 56 and turned 62 this summer. I don’t NEED it, but I’ll be dipped if I’m not going to get back SOME of the money STOLEN from me from age 15 on, when I had my first paying job. 41 years total as a taxpaying drone in one form or another.
President Retard did that.
Libtards love stepping on old people and would euthanize them with their morbid “healthcare” if they could
They should think about that when they vote
We’re back to where we were in the 1970s, when the cliche extreme was seniors eating canned dog or cat food. For decades, they on average lived relatively high on the hog, traveling the world, eating out for many meals, soaking up copious medical visits and procedures, etc., etc., based on the level of SS payments, fat pensions, and so forth.
We’re not near Great Depression territory yet, but we are rapidly giving up gains that went to them (while working-class wages were stagnant) over the past half century.
I’m fine in retirement but I could not have done this without my home and care completely paid off. I’m glad I don’t like to to travel anymore so I don’t spend too much money. I’m also work part time so I use that money for my bills and stick my SS into savings. I’m grateful because if anything did happen, I’d do a reverse mortgage so I’d be OK.
The left wants the old folks dead. Most are the dreaded High Skin Reflectance variety, and must be sent to nursing homes, or killed in some other way. Their replacements are streaming into the country, and were chosen because of their skin reflectance, or lack of it. The new arrivals get TVs, confortable chairs, a cot, food just like back home, and English lessons - see NYPost, yesterday’s edition.