110-YEAR-OLD PA. WIDOW GETS WWI BENEFITS BOOST

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WORLD_WAR_I_BENEFITS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-13-09-34-42

EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A 110-year-old Pennsylvania widow is getting a benefits boost because of her husband's World War I service.

Family members say Alda Collins is now getting about $1,000 a month to assist with her stay at a nursing home near Ebensburg. She had been getting $36 a month.

Her son tells the Daily American of Somerset (HTTP://BIT.LY/OURXLU ) that Collins lived by herself in a trailer until she was 106. She can use a walker, feeds herself and knows the Pirates are in second place.

For years, she taught in a one-room schoolhouse.

[Motown_Johnny]

1. K&R

[Scuba]

2. Another "taker" draining society of resources that could go to corporate investors in Hong Kong.

sarcasm thingy here

[Skidmore]

3. Romney wants to know why she isn't working.

[DippyDem]

4. Paul Ryan wants to wheel her off the cliff

[Freddie]

5. Any veteran who served in wartime

Or the surviving spouse of the veteran is entitled to this benefit to help pay for nursing home, assisted living or home care. Benefits would start after the person has spent down to a certain level of assets. I plan to use this for my parents (Dad is WWII vet) to help pay for their assisted living once they have spent down their assets to qualify. Check the VA site.

Or we could have Paul Ryan's Granny and Gramps on the Ice Floe plan.

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6. Those veteran benefits will end just as soon as Vulture and Voucher are elected.

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8. Vulture and Voucher - love these names!

Did you name them?

[irisblue]

7. !

she really married up! about 1K a month!- Find the data.org (can't get it to copy correctly) said the anticipated life expectancy for 110 old woman is 1.22 years. wow, that is amazing

[Yavin4]

9. This 110 Year Old Woman IS A JOB CREATOR

That $1000 that she gets will go to the people that care for her every day. Those caregivers in turn will use that money to pay for clothes, food, transportation, etc. for their families which then goes to the people that provide clothes, food, transportation for the caregivers. And so on.

Mitt's Romney's tax cuts goes to the folks that installed his car elevator, a one time expense.