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madamesilverspurs

(16,570 posts) Sun Dec 30, 2012, 04:59 PM Dec 2012

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Even with that 2013 cost of living adjustment my Social Security check is still under $800. It's so inadequate that I must, out of simple necessity, depend on several government programs in order to get by. There is no luxury, I do not live in palacial splendor, nor do I dine on caviar or shop at Tiffany's. My budget allows for one new pair of shoes per year, and those shoes are worn every day; hot glue usually holds them together the last couple of months until I can replace them. Yet, Boehner and McConnell seem to think that reducing my benefits will somehow fix the budget. If there's logic in that I wish someone would point it out, because from where I sit it just looks cruel.

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$13.00 [View all] madamesilverspurs Dec 2012 OP

I feel your pain, and I totally agree that EVERY member of the government MindandSoul Dec 2012 #1

What ticks me off is Obama gave congress a raise for doing nothing. That really southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #32

Give me a break, Obama cant give raises. The House holds the purse strings larkrake Dec 2012 #77

well I thought the same thing. But that said he approved it. So don't shoot the messenger please. southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #84

That wasn't Obama... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #80

They stopped it for a couple of years now because of the economy. I read it somewhere or southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #83

Oh, they are doing stuff... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #92

Yes, we all should have know we'd get screwed anyway. All those mother f**kers on southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #93

It is cruel and savage. I'm so sorry. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #2

Unfathomably cruel, but not surprising: Republicans have lost all semblance of acting in indepat Dec 2012 #3

I'm so very sorry that our country has done this to you . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2012 #4

I hear you, madamesilverspurs. I work two part time jobs to make ends roguevalley Dec 2012 #5

It is cruel abelenkpe Dec 2012 #6

DURec leftstreet Dec 2012 #7

How can Americans compromise those that have worked their whole lives? tecelote Dec 2012 #8

Perhaps Congress should have their pay cut if they don't find a way to keep SS intact rox63 Dec 2012 #9

Obama authorized a Congressional pay raise just the other day. Octafish Dec 2012 #81

Live very comfortably in Ecuador for $800 a month. ErikJ Dec 2012 #10

We shouldn't have to move JimDandy Dec 2012 #14

Damn right Hekate Dec 2012 #27

People can't even afford to move duffyduff Dec 2012 #15

Some may be able to though ErikJ Dec 2012 #26

Because all you need to do to immigrate is decide to, right? Posteritatis Dec 2012 #33

That's what I've decided to do. ErikJ Dec 2012 #35

Congratulations, you're in a small minority well-off enough to do that. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #40

I'm thinking about retiring to Mexico KansDem Dec 2012 #61

A couple eho are friends of mine... SummerSnow Dec 2012 #75

Thanks! KansDem Dec 2012 #76

You said it. ErikJ Dec 2012 #79

He missed your point. He assumes those countries will welcome us with open arms. Canada wont. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #69

Do you actually think this is an appropriate solution to the underfunding of social security? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #72

Thanks, this is good to know Alameda Dec 2012 #86

But we are lucky if you think about it in a different way. ErikJ Dec 2012 #91

I'll be getting a whopping $21 more TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #11

+1 reteachinwi Dec 2012 #47

+1,000 CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #56

living high on the hog are ya?? BobbyBoring Dec 2012 #12

Well from where I sit it just looks and smells like stinking shit, man4allcats Dec 2012 #13

Somewhere out there is a twenty something deadbeat abusing the sytem... tecelote Dec 2012 #16

It Is Unconscionable and... humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #17

Add my cost-cutting measures (think living in poverty) to your list: RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #18

I splurge on the TP....two sheets at a time. zeemike Dec 2012 #28

After I pay off the mortgage RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #45

Right there with you, hoping to keep my home - even though it's paid for. AnnieK401 Dec 2012 #71

I dont know where you are, but RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #98

Thanks! AnnieK401 Jan 2013 #99

What does a lesser evil have in common with a greater evil? CranialRectaLoopback Dec 2012 #19

I love that.... zeemike Dec 2012 #23

I'm 71, this is not the America that I grew up in. WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2012 #20

Because there is a good chuck of the population who have bought into the BS the republicans sell. nt cstanleytech Dec 2012 #36

propoganda. Per fox news, and many popular (but deeply misleading) radio shows. salin Dec 2012 #41

Goebbels would blush... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #82

They raided the Social Security Trust Fund, and now... LAGC Dec 2012 #21

Yep...that is exactly what I got too. zeemike Dec 2012 #22

The Republicans think that the fact you are getting anything is too much. Kablooie Dec 2012 #24

Slight correction, it should read as cstanleytech Dec 2012 #37

This is why the GOP is NOT a political party... BanTheGOP Dec 2012 #25

it is cruel. barbtries Dec 2012 #29

Hugs for you Hekate Dec 2012 #30

Gerrymandering is the ONLY way they can get voted into office! benld74 Dec 2012 #31

A lot of people are going to be VERY upset if they decrease SS benefits. Altho, SS is a supplement. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #34

"put that in a bank and collecting interest..." the best rate I see is 1.01% nashville_brook Dec 2012 #39

You can always find a reason not to do something. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #44

However putting money in mutual funds just feeds the machine that has brought us to this point. raouldukelives Dec 2012 #52

Suffice to say that I disagree totally. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #97

Most people do when faced to choose between morality & money. nt raouldukelives Jan 2013 #100

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #57

So many of us do not make enough to allow for savings Marrah_G Dec 2012 #90

That $4.00/gal gasoline this summer Glitterati Dec 2012 #38

Nearly 20 years ago - my budget was about $10 per day. salin Dec 2012 #42

I hear you madam... southern_belle Dec 2012 #43

Mine is $16. llmart Dec 2012 #46

Since 1980, private pension coverage has declined from 60% to 10% michigandem58 Dec 2012 #64

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #48

All So Billionaires Don't Have to Pay More Taxes colsohlibgal Dec 2012 #49

Thank Darth and Darth ErikJ Dec 2012 #50

k and r SmileyRose Dec 2012 #51

The banks and military industrial complex have stolen trillions of taxpayer dollars with impunity. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #53

It IS cruel, Madame Iwillnevergiveup Dec 2012 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #55

Mine went up $12 daschess1987 Dec 2012 #58

Wife's COLA Heathen57 Dec 2012 #59

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #60

they had better bluedave Dec 2012 #62

Attacking Social Security is about as low as you can go Pakid Dec 2012 #63

Because they want too and they are in a position to do so. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2012 #65

How low can Congreess go? daybranch Dec 2012 #66

That is b/c they give the perception that you get a lot more than you do! Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #67

I am in much the same position and agree with you whole heartedly. I usually lose the raise but it jwirr Dec 2012 #68

Social security is designed to provide a minimum degree of security upon which an individual builds. dkf Dec 2012 #70

how generous you are. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #73

It is cruel. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #74

The social contract in the U.S. has been broken. yardwork Dec 2012 #78

You have proven that Social Security is a necessity lovuian Dec 2012 #85

No raise for Congress!! Milliesmom Dec 2012 #87

It's not right Marrah_G Dec 2012 #88

Obama does as well or he wouldn't have put SS into his proposal. cui bono Dec 2012 #94

It is cruel. There is no other word to describe taking money away from sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #95

I am in the same boat byoung6 Dec 2012 #96