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ripcord

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35. I am so glad I bought the land to put my mobile on
Wed Jun 8, 2022, 11:55 PM
Jun 2022

I may live in the desert but I only paid $70k for 5 acres in California.

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Yep. Vultures, leeches, GDMFSOBs may they suffer for eternity for doing this shit to the least among CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #1
American Oligarchs. SharonAnn Jun 2022 #24
This shouldn't be happening AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #2
that's regular SS Skittles Jun 2022 #4
I think she's just getting a regular Social Security check. Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #5
I know someone who gets $700 per ss check. shrike3 Jun 2022 #7
Many women now collecting SS MOMFUDSKI Jun 2022 #8
This particular fellow was paid in cash for years. Did not report it. shrike3 Jun 2022 #14
He sure stuck it to the "man" didn't he ? MichMan Jun 2022 #28
I know a few people who did this. Demobrat Jun 2022 #38
My wife had an uncle like that MichMan Jun 2022 #41
What can you say? Not much. shrike3 Jun 2022 #55
And who new you had to be married 20 years OhNo-Really Jun 2022 #30
My mother recently lost her third husband MissB Jun 2022 #31
Umm, no. One year of marriage is good enough. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #32
Not so. mnhtnbb Jun 2022 #33
But if you are still married, one year is all it takes. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #48
True. That was a typo. OhNo-Really Jun 2022 #59
Wow. I did not know that. shrike3 Jun 2022 #52
It was a typo. If divorced, you can't get SS OhNo-Really Jun 2022 #60
Oops. 10 years not 20 OhNo-Really Jun 2022 #58
People on Social Security don't get much. Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #9
+1000 n/t MarcA Jun 2022 #10
My friend worked cash jobs for years. Did not realize what this would mean for retirement. shrike3 Jun 2022 #16
Cheated from the system and also himself MichMan Jun 2022 #29
What can I say? He's reaping what he sowed now. shrike3 Jun 2022 #51
How about actually paying into SS? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #37
Like expectig to be able to go to a gym or club you don't pay dues to alphafemale Jun 2022 #43
Yeah, that's this guy's problem. He just didn't realize what it would mean for him when he got old. shrike3 Jun 2022 #50
Social Security was NEVER intended to be anyone's PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #34
There are a lot of people who work all their lives Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #46
Many people simply spend all of their income PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #49
While it is true that people Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #53
If you don't have 40 quarters of employment xmas74 Jun 2022 #54
This is terrible XanaDUer2 Jun 2022 #3
1b1bath apt. in tampa is 1900. a month ! daughter lives down there ! towerbum Jun 2022 #21
Read "Eviction" by Matthew Desmond not too long ago Sympthsical Jun 2022 #6
Yes it is. I did a stint for court ordered mediations SYFROYH Jun 2022 #19
Yup Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #23
The criminalization of poverty. roamer65 Jun 2022 #11
Increasing rent simply for greed should be prevented. MarcA Jun 2022 #12
John Oliver has an episode of his show on exactly this: LiberatedUSA Jun 2022 #13
This was excellent. n/t shrike3 Jun 2022 #17
One predator I'm aware of. moondust Jun 2022 #15
The homeless problem is growing pandr32 Jun 2022 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #20
That's the Republican Healthcare Plan as well. nt SunSeeker Jun 2022 #26
Some residents are banding together to purchase their parks jmbar2 Jun 2022 #22
This country should be renamed, Mr. Evil Jun 2022 #25
This is a signal of imminent societal collapse. One among many. Gaugamela Jun 2022 #27
I am so glad I bought the land to put my mobile on ripcord Jun 2022 #35
That'd be the only way to do it. Put it on land you own. shrike3 Jun 2022 #56
Trailer parks are terrible. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #36
It's absolutely sick what they're doing to renters right now Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #47
A manufactured home community had one of its units for sale at $42,000. shrike3 Jun 2022 #57
Been going on for years Old Crank Jun 2022 #39
In Albuquerque, they are kicking long time rental tenants out near downtown for B&B's womanofthehills Jun 2022 #40
If there is a Hell it's going to fill up fast as this generation of GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #42
And many of those very old mobile homes could not be moved alphafemale Jun 2022 #44
Housing, nutrition, health, education, climate, jobs, safety gulliver Jun 2022 #45
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