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EndlessWire

(6,514 posts)
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:36 PM Nov 2020

What should I do with my $17?

I notice my SS is going up by $17 in December, in time for Jan. 2021. Whoop-dee-do. It warms the cockles of my heart.

What should I do with it? Pour it into the vast, yawning jaws of my utility payments? Buy more powdered eggs versus real chickens? Stock pile delicacies for my sweet cats (2)? Sneak in more Big Cups? Buy a pair of Size 12s, should I find them? Or...? (Maybe some stocks--but I'm not a privileged insider, like some we know, sooo...)

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What should I do with my $17? (Original Post) EndlessWire Nov 2020 OP
The first $17 should go to the Georgia Senate race. After that, get those cats some treats! 634-5789 Nov 2020 #1
Sounds good! n/t EndlessWire Nov 2020 #2
Quit bitching Deuxcents Nov 2020 #3
Silly EndlessWire Nov 2020 #6
😎 Deuxcents Nov 2020 #9
Is that $17 before or after they raise Medicare? marie999 Nov 2020 #4
Cold, hard cash, Baby...n/t EndlessWire Nov 2020 #7
buy some canned meat for when we don't have any fresh-or buy TP with it demtenjeep Nov 2020 #5
They're pushing bidets EndlessWire Nov 2020 #8
I'd save up for the Tim Allen Signature Edition gas-powered super soaker bidet upgrade! nt Shermann Nov 2020 #10
Baby steps. It was $14 last year liberaltrucker Nov 2020 #11

Deuxcents

(16,193 posts)
3. Quit bitching
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:50 PM
Nov 2020

Give to food banks. Shelters. Red Cross. Be thankful as millions of us get a little raise..it adds up.

EndlessWire

(6,514 posts)
6. Silly
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 08:00 PM
Nov 2020

This is what the Repubs want to eliminate. I'm looking forward to the Inauguration...and, how can you begrudge me a little fun?

I'm also looking forward to the next stimulus check. As you say, it adds up.

 

marie999

(3,334 posts)
4. Is that $17 before or after they raise Medicare?
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:50 PM
Nov 2020

At least with VA disability, we get the whole increase. That's about $52 for each of us.

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
5. buy some canned meat for when we don't have any fresh-or buy TP with it
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:52 PM
Nov 2020

it is starting to get sparse again

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