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Re: Poverty line
[Re: 1oldbassguy]
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06/17/22 09:47 PM
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Douglas J
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My grandson did some community work at a food shelter a few weeks ago. He said that the line of cars was unending. I asked him if most of the people looked like they really needed help and he said that at least a quarter of the cars were upper end and the occupants didn't look like they were hurting. my wife worked at a food shelter for almost 4 years .They gave out approx $150 worth of quality groceries per person . As long as you had a drivers license from the correct ZIP codes , you could come once a week . This was about 1000 people twice a week . They had a certain ethnic group that would show up in their Mercedes , Audi's , Lexus's cars and complain about what they were getting . She got to a point that she couldn't serve the others when this group was just trying to take advantage of . privileged caucasianas ?
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Re: Poverty line
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06/17/22 09:47 PM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around.
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Re: Poverty line
[Re: Douglas J]
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06/17/22 09:51 PM
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My wife's previous husband ran out on her and left her with the kids. She had the stamps and worked four jobs. She needed the help and probably would have been in one of those lines. Now she works one job, drives a nice car, has a house she can call her own, and helps those less fortunate in her community. As it should be.
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Re: Poverty line
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06/17/22 10:03 PM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around. If you put all your eggs in social security to support you 100% in retirement, you kind of deserve whatever you get.
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Re: Poverty line
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06/17/22 10:38 PM
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Give it a couple of years and it will be 100k a year for a family of four.
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Re: Poverty line
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06/17/22 10:39 PM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around. Should be 8.6% increase in 2023. Seems too little too late in my opinion.
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Re: Poverty line
[Re: Tneel]
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06/17/22 10:46 PM
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Give it a couple of years and it will be 100k a year for a family of four. But at least there are decent adults back in the whitehouse now, right? At least that’s what i was told by all my democrat friends!
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Re: Poverty line
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06/17/22 10:49 PM
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I tell ya the other day I was driving through Mansfield and dang near rear ended someone stopped in the right lane...apparently there is a place that gives out food to those in need and not being from the area, I had no idea. That line was almost a mile long. It's crazy out there and sad. People in need😆. Our local high school gives out “free” lunches to anyone that wants it all summer. You should’ve seen the mile long line of high end SUVs getting “free” food. Had a lady at church say it was “free” so she was gonna get it for her kids- and they can easily afford food…
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Re: Poverty line
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06/17/22 11:22 PM
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I tell ya the other day I was driving through Mansfield and dang near rear ended someone stopped in the right lane...apparently there is a place that gives out food to those in need and not being from the area, I had no idea. That line was almost a mile long. It's crazy out there and sad. People in need😆. Our local high school gives out “free” lunches to anyone that wants it all summer. You should’ve seen the mile long line of high end SUVs getting “free” food. Had a lady at church say it was “free” so she was gonna get it for her kids- and they can easily afford food… on the flip side the "high end suv" peeps have probably paid for the "others" for many many years Also you cannot always judge a book by the cover, these high eneders tend to have a mountain of debt and the increase in all products could have made them very cash pooor for dailys
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Re: Poverty line
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06/18/22 12:36 AM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around. If you put all your eggs in social security to support you 100% in retirement, you kind of deserve whatever you get. That is sort of a “let them eat cake” attitude isn’t it. Not everyone may be as fortunate as you.
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Re: Poverty line
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06/18/22 12:42 AM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around. If you put all your eggs in social security to support you 100% in retirement, you kind of deserve whatever you get. If you draw the conclusion that SS is my sole source of income in retirement you sir are a dumbazz.
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Re: Poverty line
[Re: grandbassslayer]
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06/18/22 12:43 AM
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I tell ya the other day I was driving through Mansfield and dang near rear ended someone stopped in the right lane...apparently there is a place that gives out food to those in need and not being from the area, I had no idea. That line was almost a mile long. It's crazy out there and sad. People in need😆. Our local high school gives out “free” lunches to anyone that wants it all summer. You should’ve seen the mile long line of high end SUVs getting “free” food. Had a lady at church say it was “free” so she was gonna get it for her kids- and they can easily afford food… If she has a job she paid for the meals already.
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Re: Poverty line
[Re: Wool E. Booger]
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06/18/22 12:44 AM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around. If you put all your eggs in social security to support you 100% in retirement, you kind of deserve whatever you get. That is sort of a “let them eat cake” attitude isn’t it. Not everyone may be as fortunate as you. I am not at all "fortunate" and actually will draw no SS.
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Re: Poverty line
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06/18/22 12:45 AM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around. If you put all your eggs in social security to support you 100% in retirement, you kind of deserve whatever you get. If you draw the conclusion that SS is my sole source of income in retirement you sir are a dumbazz. Times are tough, most do not care to hear you complain about SS. Hope you bought savings bonds as well
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Re: Poverty line
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06/18/22 12:47 AM
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Wanna bet congress will say there is no cost of living increase so no raise in social security this time around. If you put all your eggs in social security to support you 100% in retirement, you kind of deserve whatever you get. Times have changed. More people will be relying on SS for a larger part of their retirement. Gone are the days of nice corporate pensions for almost everybody. My dad worked in sales for a large aluminum company. When he retired his pension was 80% of his last 5 years salary, he kept his life insurance, he kept his health insurance with a $1m cap, and he had long term care insurance. He also collected the maximum amount of SS for his age. He told me one time to hope he lived a long time because of the money he was saving every month. There are very few that have those kind of benefits these days. I have no debt and spend less then my monthly SS payment. I am only able to do that because I receive the max for my age at retirement.
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