it will now be financially better for me to get fired

[SmileyRose]

that little bit of payrll tax cut was the difference. I took a pay cut to keep my job and instead of give backs they set themselves up for an easy retirement. By the time the necessary overtime is factored in to actually get my job done my yearly salary comes out to below minimum wage.

I'm not stupid but I'm not college material. I'll never make a lot and just grateful to have "sit down" work. My medical issues take up a fair bit of income so although I have no debt I also have NO savings.

When my check drops those couple of % I won't have quite enough to keep the gas in the car.

They are going to destroy the benefits of Medicare and SS I thought I'd have. I'm already 50.

I refuse to work until I die on job never having time or energy to enjoy the only life I get. YOU RICH PEOPLE CAN GO FUCK YOURSELVES.

If I am going to be poor anyway you can bet it will be on my own terms.

[budkin]

1. So sorry :-(

And yes at least be free if you are going to be screwed. This really was a shitty deal all around.

[RomneyLies]

2. I understand the boat you're in, bro.

I've stoped taking my BP medicine because I know it will lead to death within the next five years. No way will I be able to retire and no way will I work until I die at 75.

At least this way, my wife gets life insurance as a payoff. She'll, at least, be able to retire at a normal age.

[abelenkpe]

3. O! Don't do that

Even though I too will have to work until I die I'd rather do it with my hubby. Pretty sure you're wife would want you around too.

[RomneyLies]

5. I have TONS of insurance

Two policies through old jobs that I pay less than $60/month on.

Policies through my current job that cost next to nothing.

All told, she gets more than seven figures and will have seven figures left after paying off all of the mortgage debt and her student loans (which are more than the mortgage debt).

On to of that, she will do better with my SS at retirement than she ever will with her own.

And the pittance of a 401K we still have will also be in the mix.

[SmileyRose]

7. Do you really think your wife cares about the cash?

she needs YOU.

[RomneyLies]

8. I care about her being taken care of.

If I wait too long, I lose all policies with my current employer.

I'm 50, and they'll definitely look to get rid of me in the next two to five years.

All I have to do is let nature take its course now.

And that is precisely what I am doing.

It is a business decision.

[TheKentuckian]

4. I guess get it going before your calculation changes because

before too long your unemployment will be a fraction of your current pay and it won't work at all and then only for a short time but it may do you good.

[dkf]

6. Then your contribution to the SS system means even more.

They average your 35 highest years and pay zero for missed years.

Your contribution to SS will pay off.

[Fumesucker]

9. I've read enough of your posts to know you are a better writer than lots of college grads

Don't sell yourself short, I think you could do quite well in college.

I'm sorry to hear of your predicament, that definitely sucks.

[SmileyRose]

10. you are very kind

at one time I had a couple brain cells not many.