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Zoonart

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24. Not just cruel, UNAMERICAN.

Reply to onethatcares (Reply #14)

Sat Aug 29, 2020, 10:12 AM

Aug 2020

It makes everything that we worked for all of our lives and all of the trust we have given to our Government a total LIE.
If they will take everything we have worked and saved for away... what DO we need them for?
The Republican Party is destroying the Republic. The MSM finds it entertaining.

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What percentage of seniors have Social Security payments as their only income? [View all] bobbieinok Aug 2020 OP

Aren't many of these SS-only seniors Ohiogal Aug 2020 #1

They're convinced it's fake news. blueinredohio Aug 2020 #4

they're convinced that WhiteTara Aug 2020 #9

Like people who were all for deportation? blueinredohio Aug 2020 #13

Exactly. WhiteTara Aug 2020 #25

They don't believe their payments will ever be affected. Mariana Aug 2020 #20

I don't see that to be true KentuckyWoman Aug 2020 #33

quoting from ssa website : drray23 Aug 2020 #2

Spot on. Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #19

Here is a chart, state by state: Newest Reality Aug 2020 #3

very good info. drray23 Aug 2020 #5

Yes, Newest Reality Aug 2020 #8

Hurray, Arkansas wins with the most dependent on SS income. sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #6

Look how high it is in the red states like Tennessee and Georgia. redstatebluegirl Aug 2020 #17

Thank you for posting the chart. SharonClark Aug 2020 #29

I am on SS as my only income. At age 90 I cannot get a job. Life is already hard, without SS I will katmondoo Aug 2020 #7

No you won't. Write to your friends at DU and we will flood you with help and love. lostnfound Aug 2020 #15

This is so true, please know we all are here to help. redstatebluegirl Aug 2020 #18

this llashram Aug 2020 #26

So, if the average SS payment is $1308 and justhanginon Aug 2020 #10

$249, I think. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #31

Thanks. Yep, I sit corrected. Still not much to live on. justhanginon Aug 2020 #32

It's Quite High ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #11

The payments aren't going to stop. But, as it stands right now, around 2030 there will be Hoyt Aug 2020 #12

If trump is able to defer the payroll tax, it runs out in 2023. Nt lostnfound Aug 2020 #16

I probably will not live to see that day. But as popular as SS is, I can't imagine that totodeinhere Aug 2020 #28

I just sent this to part of my address book onethatcares Aug 2020 #14

Not just cruel, UNAMERICAN. Zoonart Aug 2020 #24

40 percent. From the National Institute of Retirement Security. sarcasmo Aug 2020 #21

Me. SamKnause Aug 2020 #22

Folks,and those who Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #23

I have heard that benefits might be reduced, and we should oppose that. totodeinhere Aug 2020 #27

Here's Snopes qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #30

It's simple. That would require legislation and the Democrats in Congress will never go for it. totodeinhere Aug 2020 #34