Posted on 08/17/2022 6:24:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
The first half of a massive double Social Security payment for September is set to go out in just 16 days.
The first payment for eligible individuals, worth $841, will arrive on Sept. 1, while the second one, worth the same amount, will be given at the end of the month. Because some months start on a Sunday, there are three months in 2022 that gave or will give recipients a paycheck twice in one month. The three months are April, September, and December.
However, the funds do not change the total amount a person gets. The Social Security benefit on Sept. 30 will replace the disbursement on Oct. 1. Likewise, the one on April 30 replaced the May 1 payment.
Social Security will be unable to pay out full benefits by 2035 without action from Congress, according to Social Security trustees. However, Reps. John Larson (D-CT) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) have called for a vote in Congress to extend Social Security benefits this fall by agreeing to the Social Security 2100 bill, which would increase all checks by 2% of the average benefit, according to CNBC.
“It’s long overdue that we make sure that we’re enhancing a program that they need, especially during this pandemic,” Larson told the outlet of the program’s beneficiaries.
Other changes proposed in Larson's bill would include increasing benefits for widows and widowers, applying caregiver credit to people who do not work in order to care for children and other family members, and extend benefits for students up until the age of 26. The funds for the bill would come from taxes on those who make more than $400,000 a year, the bill proposes, according to CNBC.
From the article (sometimes it does help to take a quick peek at it ....) KEY WORDS “SUPPLEMENTARY”, “NOT EXTRA MONEY”, “WITH DISABILITIES” .....
Millions of Supplementary Security Income recipients will be receiving two payments in September. But the double payments have to do with timing and not extra money.
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SSI provides monthly payments to adults and children with disabilities or blindness who have income and resources below financial limits. SSI payments are also made to people aged 65 and older who meet financial qualifications.
LOL! No kidding.
I think this is about getting half on say...Sept 30 and the other half on Oct 1st.
It’s not just giving more money away they don’t have but another move to further devalue the money we already have.
Still not sure but after Reading it again
I thought it was talking about sending 2 checks because of the way the dates fall
But even that doesn’t make sense.
This is the first I’ve heard about this “extra” check.
Totally out of the blue.
Reckless spending. Buying votes. Add to the unsustainable debt. Does anyone talk about the impact of interest rates rising and what it will do to the service costs of the debt?
This is journalistic malpractice.
First this is for SSI, not Social Security retirement or disability.
Second, this is just the regularly scheduled monthly payment. October 1st is on a Saturday so the payment goes out on September 30th. It’s not a double payment at all.
Virtually everything in this article is either flat out wrong or grossly distorted.
So this has nothing to do with regular SS payments that retirees would normally get.
It is worded to make it sound like you think you're getting more money in the long run, when you're not. It's some stupid gimmick to give the liberal public the boot to encourage them to show up at election polls AND do vote fraud.
This story just doesn’t make any sense. Particularly in light of another story from WE (which I believe is the true scoop).
IMO, what’s happening in September isn’t for Social Security payments; it’s for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment - those recipients who never worked enough quarters to qualify for SS Disability Insurance OR regular Social Security.
SSI is NOT funded from Social Security coffers. It’s funded out of the general fund. It IS ADMINISTERED by SSA, however.
IMO, SSI is nothing but a welfare scheme where government can play like the recipients actually worked to merit support. Baby mama’s like to use it for children whose daddies don’t support them, etc. Or just plain fatass layabouts who can’t qualify for SSDI because they NEVER worked in the first place - ergo, SSI.... My guess is Biden and crew are trying to buy more votes for November. Ain’t it all grand?
None of that is in the article posted - no mention of SSI, disabilities, supplementary, or ‘not extra money’.
Millions of Supplementary Security Income recipients will be receiving two payments in September. But the double payments have to do with timing and not extra money.
The first SSI payment of up to $841 will be made starting on Sept. 1. The second will arrive by the end of September. September is one of only two months that give recipients two payments, the other being December.
According to the Social Security Administration, in some months, SSI benefits are paid both on the first of the month and the last Friday of the month, with no payment on the 1st of the next month because it falls on a Sunday. For 2022, this is true for April, September, and December, meaning there was no payment on May 1 and there won’t be one on Oct. 1 or Jan. 1, 2023.
You can go here for more info from the SSA
https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10031-2022.pdf
They are also made to families (actually for minor children) who have no support. The MAJOR difference is that none of the recipients qualify for SSDI or SS because they never worked enough quarters to qualify.
Whoa... what a scam these articles are!
First, this is SS**I**, not Social Security.
Second, apparently SSI recipients receive their payments on the 1st of the month.
This article is announcing that on the months previous to a month beginning on Sunday, they will receive their payment for that month on the previous Friday.
This is not a double payment at all: it is an **early** payment.
I am disgusted with these so-called journalists or reporters... no brains at all.
Now I’m confused...................
I think this means you will get your full check at the beginning of the month, and then at end of month get another full check, but no check in October. No change in amount just change in the day you received it.
It is only for the SSI.....that much is clear. If you get regular SS you likely have an online account. Go to it and read it. NOTHING in it about extra payments.
The Social Security COLA for 2022, as of Jan was 5.8% while Medicare will go up 14.5% - where this nonsense falls I have no clue.
This leave me with $4 less a month than in 2020.
I think it will just piss people off. Big pay in September. No pay in October. Nobody is getting extra money. It’s an end of fiscal year accounting and the calendar dates. They are just getting October pay early.
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