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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: I_B_Perky on October 26, 2013, 09:57:30 PM
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Dayum!!! Really boring at the dump tonite.
The link:
The link (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023927141)
nadinbrzezinski (127,420 posts)
Average monthly benefit for retirees on Social Security $1,230.
http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/13/
Chained CPI.
Discuss
For those you who do not remember... there was a big kerfunkle a few years ago about dummies posting topics and saying "Discuss". It was a pretty big cat fight.
On to the replies:
DURHAM D (19,436 posts)
1. Chained CPI makes good sense because we know that in the future
the cost of food, meds, utilities, Medicare charges, and transportation will all go down.
<sarcasm thingy was here>
I thought obumbles was gonna fix that?
nadinbrzezinski (127,420 posts)
3. This is THE NUMBER that people should have in mind
and yes, we will have deflation
The professor speaks!
Cleita (67,266 posts)
2. Most could use an extra thousand a month for a quality of life
instead of just survival. If the way to calculate the COLA were done in a way that reflected real cost of living, the average benefit would probably be around $2,200 a month.
And SS will go broke that much faster.
nadinbrzezinski (127,420 posts)
5. Well you agree with that commie Bernie Sanders I see
(I kid, I kid)
The Professor is quoting Bernie Sanders? Ha!!!!
Downwinder (8,378 posts)
4. How about we chain Congressional salary to average income?
How about they don't get paid unless congress passes a budget that leaves the USA in the black?
grilled onions (1,650 posts)
7. Sadly So Many Don"t Get One Grand A Month
Yet so many of the wealthy idiots seem to think we live a life of designer clothes,summer and winter homes, people to clean their homes and do all that scuttle work,have enough time and money to host parties every month, all the while take money from the struggling wealthy. They never see the seniors who sit and sleep in their ratty coats to save on the heat bill. They never see the seniors who cut meals in half to save for rent,taxes or medical bills. Each year we have more joining the "poverty club" and many who will never retire until bad health forces them to.
Perhaps those seniors should have ate hamburger instead of steak and saved their money during their 40 year work career?
Buddha_of_Wisdom (290 posts)
28. I get Social Security disability
and I get a little bit more than average, but by not much...
and I have bills and tuition to pay....
Tuition?
RebelOne (28,498 posts)
8. I receive a over $1400 and after Medicare deduction
it is about $1378, and that is not even enough to cover all expenses. Fortunately, I do not have any credit cards, but there is the electric, phones (land line and cell phone), internet, water, lot rent (I live in a mobile home), food and other miscellaneous costs do not leave me with any extra money. I have some savings, but I am trying not to dig into that.
Another dummie that won't spend his own money to take care of himself. Why should I give him my money?
nadinbrzezinski (127,420 posts)
10. I know, and if you live in places with high cost of living
it goes even less
The professor speaks to the pupil.
hobbit709 (28,458 posts)
11. Mine's $300 a month less.
OK. Someone help me out here. How do you only get $300 a month? I thought there was a base SS benefit?
That's it for now.
Discuss. :fuelfire: :fuelfire: :fuelfire:
:-) :-)
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Tuition?
In another thread the ever wise Buddha_of_Wisdom (290 posts) is asking for advice on starting a frozen yogurt franchise, probably on the Jersey shore. List of assets..his car. His great desire in life is to......provide jobs to those who have none.
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OK. Someone help me out here. How do you only get $300 a month? I thought there was a base SS benefit?
Reply #11 is in response to the OP amount of $1230/month average. Reply #11 receives $300 less than the average of $1230, or $930.
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Reply #11 is in response to the OP amount of $1230/month average. Reply #11 receives $300 less than the average of $1230, or $930.
Probably took it the microsecond Sh/e/it was eligible, which is reduced.
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In another thread the ever wise Buddha_of_Wisdom (290 posts) is asking for advice on starting a frozen yogurt franchise, probably on the Jersey shore. List of assets..his car. His great desire in life is to......provide jobs to those who have none.
You just made my day and I haven't even started it yet.