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ashling

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89. I get where you are coming from re: defense and other obscene costs ,but

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 01:56 PM

Aug 2014

I must have missed something about soc. sec. - boomers (like me) having to wait til 66 or 67

I will be 62 next week and my social security is going to start in October

if I waited til 67 it would be more, but at least it is something

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Hey Boomers, let's rejoice! The reason our Soc. Security is delayed for two years is [View all] truedelphi Aug 2014 OP

Food stamp cuts and pension smoothing, too!!!!!11!1! woo me with science Aug 2014 #1

And one of the main reasons they have succeeded in these assaults is because they have sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #2

+1 daleanime Aug 2014 #16

+1 rhett o rick Aug 2014 #33

Got that right and here we go again TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #37

+1 nt Zorra Aug 2014 #59

+1 nationalize the fed Aug 2014 #68

That is an excellent link, thank you. sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #85

What a great link that is. truedelphi Aug 2014 #98

You must be talking about the "Any Democrat" camp. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #74

Yes, they talk down to voters, attack them for simply 'wondering out loud' if we couldn't sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #84

"And that is why we lose even when we win." Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #107

Couldn't agree more! FiveGoodMen Aug 2014 #90

+1 woo me with science Aug 2014 #75

I started working at the age gldstwmn Aug 2014 #91

God almighty do I ever hear you. truedelphi Aug 2014 #99

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #3

Why fuck around with this tinker toy shit ...go for the fucking DeathStar. L0oniX Aug 2014 #5

OMG! It might scare 'em to death. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #6

It scared me nationalize the fed Aug 2014 #69

GOTV ...more of the same is good cause the other guy will destroy the country. L0oniX Aug 2014 #4

F#ck the endless wars against the evil faction of the week. All they do grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #7

+1 ReRe Aug 2014 #19

Military-Industrial Complex's Plucketeer Aug 2014 #8

What a perfect perpetual money pit.... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #23

Huge K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #9

I turn 62 in November and have already LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #10

Same here. (nt) Ino Aug 2014 #11

I always enjoy reading Social Security advice columnists LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #13

When my late husband was eligible for SS, he talked to an accountant: Paper Roses Aug 2014 #34

Great advice. My husband died at 64 years plus 11-3/4 months. Never collected a dime. japple Aug 2014 #39

I'd wait if I could... Ino Aug 2014 #60

it's grounded in reality from one standpoint BobbyBoring Aug 2014 #80

I totally understand where you are coming from. truedelphi Aug 2014 #15

As a substitute teacher I have no benefits and am LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #18

"Social Security is the only financial security we have." Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #46

Exactly the same with me. I was willing to sub outside of my fields, so for quite a while could sub maddiemom Aug 2014 #61

It's my understanding that I can earn up to $15K without LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #63

If you really get into organizing subs in this way, let me know if I can help. maddiemom Aug 2014 #92

I earned my teaching credential back in 1975 at a LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #115

Way to go, LibDemAlways. truedelphi Aug 2014 #97

Thanks, will do. LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #114

Same here Suziq Aug 2014 #45

Take a very careful read of your Social Security benefits FULL RETIREMENT IS AGE 70. fasttense Aug 2014 #66

DURec leftstreet Aug 2014 #12

The biggest crime against Americans? The MIC. Rex Aug 2014 #14

Hear! Hear! ReRe Aug 2014 #20

Actually, against all living things. If it kills, it gets top priority. Sick F'en country. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #51

K&R.... daleanime Aug 2014 #17

Do you know how many people Helen Borg Aug 2014 #21

I don't know the statistics. But everyone I know over 60 has a horror tale truedelphi Aug 2014 #22

I looked at the lifetables ... Helen Borg Aug 2014 #30

That is an interesting observation. truedelphi Aug 2014 #36

No. former9thward Aug 2014 #43

So... the lifetable numbers assume 100,000 people Helen Borg Aug 2014 #79

What they are saying former9thward Aug 2014 #83

Right. So, 3% of people 65-67 die each year... Helen Borg Aug 2014 #86

Thank you for the analysis you did with this table. truedelphi Aug 2014 #101

90,000 a year questionseverything Aug 2014 #76

Significant savings! Hissyspit Aug 2014 #88

Yeah, but how about that S&P? whatchamacallit Aug 2014 #24

What really kills me is to hear those financial advisors talk about how boomers should japple Aug 2014 #25

Hey, it was only $2000 a year since the age of 20 Warpy Aug 2014 #29

:^( Adam051188 Aug 2014 #26

Fuck the jets, we need to give more money to the Koch Bros and Walton family BaggersRDumb Aug 2014 #27

Any congressman who votes (or voted) to raise the retirement age Warpy Aug 2014 #28

It was a fairly bipartisan vote in 1983 madville Aug 2014 #38

Yep, further proof that both sides of the aisle have their strings pulled truedelphi Aug 2014 #55

Here's a summary of what H.R. 1900 did... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #110

Heh, heh! I can just picture it now. If you've never watched the movie japple Aug 2014 #41

Okay, it's not as though the change to SheilaT Aug 2014 #31

Our household had its retirement truedelphi Aug 2014 #35

I can only hope that the ACA is SheilaT Aug 2014 #47

The two hopes you mention are both things I truedelphi Aug 2014 #52

K&R Sherman A1 Aug 2014 #32

Thankfully as a federal employee madville Aug 2014 #40

And the total screwing of the American worker is nearly complete. Brigid Aug 2014 #42

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^n/t truedelphi Aug 2014 #100

Actually, you can start collecting at 62.5, but it won't be your full benefits that you are entitled still_one Aug 2014 #44

That is a good point to emphasize. truedelphi Aug 2014 #54

That was my only point, everything else was right on. What really gets my goat is all these still_one Aug 2014 #56

My mom turned 66 in June and got her first SS check davidpdx Aug 2014 #72

If it's any consolation, I'm 40. I will pay into SS my whole life hughee99 Aug 2014 #48

Same here BainsBane Aug 2014 #65

OTOH, I started gettin SS at 62. MineralMan Aug 2014 #49

I used the same analysis to start collecting at 62. mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #57

It's definitely worth making the calculations. MineralMan Aug 2014 #71

I was under the impression that Social Security is funded by SocSec taxes, not the general fund... Stardust Aug 2014 #50

Ooh Grasshopper, truedelphi Aug 2014 #53

Trust fund depletion is actually around 2026 madville Aug 2014 #58

'Top 5 Social Security Myths.' The last two paragraphs agree with you: freshwest Aug 2014 #64

This deserves to be its own OP! truedelphi Aug 2014 #102

Rec #147 Iwillnevergiveup Aug 2014 #62

The reason is that we have spent every penny of SS. "Lent" it to the Federal gov't, to spend on war Romulox Aug 2014 #67

it's full of U.S. Treasury Bonds not IOUs see post #64 above /nt Dragonfli Aug 2014 #78

Actually it's full of "Special Issues" not "Treasury Bonds". PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #104

They are still treasury bonds, no matter what nonsense Pete Peterson is spreading that you fell for Dragonfli Aug 2014 #108

I am quite familiar with the link I posted (and additional information from the Social Security PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #109

I brought it up because the IOU meme meant to pretend that the money was not invested Dragonfli Aug 2014 #111

For past US defaults, see... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #112

That was a major fuck up that cost the country 6 billion a year Dragonfli Aug 2014 #113

Great minds think alike! Even in the 1970's, various writers on truedelphi Aug 2014 #103

Seniors on SS The Wizard Aug 2014 #70

What the fuck? Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #73

K & R ctsnowman Aug 2014 #77

Time for peace, cooperation, and non-violence to prevail. Dont call me Shirley Aug 2014 #81

May it be as you wish. But in fact, the war truedelphi Aug 2014 #95

No, the reason is a bill passed back in 1983 frazzled Aug 2014 #82

Jeez oh Jeez oh Jeez: truedelphi Aug 2014 #94

So, if I would say ooga booga frazzled Aug 2014 #96

YOUR very last sentence shows your lack of motivation to think about this. truedelphi Aug 2014 #105

But..but..just look at how safe we are! Peace and freedom prevails around the world! Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2014 #87

I get where you are coming from re: defense and other obscene costs ,but ashling Aug 2014 #89

It's a matter of perspective. truedelphi Aug 2014 #93

Oh, I agree perfectly ashling Aug 2014 #106

Amazing. Autumn Aug 2014 #116