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32. The average single recipient gets

Reply to edhopper (Reply #20)

Sun Mar 10, 2024, 06:48 PM

Mar 10

about 1.8k/month. 4.9k/mo = maximum benefit for a single person retiring at 70 yo.

Couples have a better gig

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My wife and I have a comfotable retirement [View all] edhopper Mar 10 OP

They hoard money. It's a mental illness and they will never have enough. OMGWTF Mar 10 #1

Yes. Someone always has more than they do. It's a never-ending game. I'd be happy to have no billionairea. Lonestarblue Mar 10 #15

They actually worship money and the power it gives them to get more money. walkingman Mar 10 #29

I look at the very wealthy DENVERPOPS Mar 11 #70

Money is our national religion The Wizard Mar 11 #83

I've been saying this for years drmeow Mar 10 #38

I hear you Ed and couldn't agree more. Diamond_Dog Mar 10 #2

Going into retirement FHRRK Mar 10 #3

Driving is the way to go. It is the best way to see many countries. flying_wahini Mar 10 #5

Take the train and relax. Wonder Why Mar 10 #11

Oh we do that, too when the country has one. We took a plane& a helicopter and still drove 1200 mi in New Zealand flying_wahini Mar 10 #19

I take Amtrak when I can. Book a roomette PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 10 #62

A roomette you say! Didn't know duch a thing existed. Well then, my wife and I KPN Mar 11 #93

Here's a link to the Amtrak page PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 11 #102

Oh I love that! PatSeg Mar 11 #104

Awesome. Thanks! KPN Mar 12 #105

There is economy plus edhopper Mar 10 #9

I fly Comfort Class with Delta Abnredleg Mar 10 #28

Rich wannabes vs the rich Johnny2X2X Mar 11 #101

So true FHRRK Mar 11 #103

I hope Biden taxes the hell out of them and the Churches too. flying_wahini Mar 10 #4

i hope you realize that many so called christians arnt and there are ones who do walk the walk AllaN01Bear Mar 10 #26

Tax them. Plenty walk the walk AND pay taxes. n/t Marcus IM Mar 10 #30

Except they are christians NanaCat Mar 11 #75

I am not aware of any elected officials of the Democratic party that supports taxing churches. former9thward Mar 10 #37

I say tax the preachers, not the church. And no tax ... Whiskeytide Mar 10 #41

Tax the churches NanaCat Mar 11 #76

I agree with all you said - my suggestion is ... Whiskeytide Mar 11 #84

So what? NanaCat Mar 11 #77

"politicians have always been behind where the people are" former9thward Mar 11 #88

Absolutely opposed to Biden taxing churches TexasDem69 Mar 10 #47

Why? NanaCat Mar 11 #78

He wouldn't win if he taxed churches. Elessar Zappa Mar 10 #58

So we're to be held hostage to a group NanaCat Mar 11 #79

Well that's about half of MAGA, if that - TBF Mar 10 #6

The other end are still just useful idiots helping the rich. live love laugh Mar 10 #22

Sociopaths. That's what they are. yardwork Mar 10 #7

This is so true edhopper Mar 10 #12

Agree with you about irrationality, mostly ... cultures do vary considerably in generosity, though. JudyM Mar 10 #45

We have been in a destructive positive feedback loop for half a century. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 10 #8

The loop tightened with Trump billionaire tax cuts and insider trading. live love laugh Mar 10 #23

Some data supporting what you say Hermit-The-Prog Mar 10 #27

There will never be enough money to fill the holes in their souls. Irish_Dem Mar 10 #10

Sounds like you guys have what you need in life. This hunting for wealth, and yet more wealth, never seems to end. SWBTATTReg Mar 10 #13

Need can be satisfied. markodochartaigh Mar 10 #25

"Power and Greed is all that feeds them" Ferrets are Cool Mar 10 #14

Consider yourself blessed.My dad had two degrees from notre dame Tribetime Mar 10 #16

I grew up in the shadow of Notre Dame LittleGirl Mar 10 #31

For some of us, five figures is very 'real wealth'. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Mar 10 #17

Yes edhopper Mar 10 #20

The average single recipient gets moonscape Mar 10 #32

Hmm edhopper Mar 10 #36

Average overall $1770 dpibel Mar 10 #55

Not alone edhopper Mar 10 #57

In any case, I agree with your OP dpibel Mar 10 #61

widows and divorcees get screwed. mopinko Mar 11 #90

Absolutely correct Abstractartist Mar 10 #18

Retired. Don't pay SS, State or Local taxes. Didn't pay any Fed tax last three years. twodogsbarking Mar 10 #21

Human dragons Bettie Mar 10 #24

They were bitten by Smaug and infected with extreme greed. GoneOffShore Mar 11 #82

The mega-rich are so lost in the moonscape Mar 10 #33

Who is the "mega rich"? TexasDem69 Mar 10 #48

I just turned 65 and received 2 of the various pensions I built over the years. liberal N proud Mar 10 #34

Money is how new money parasites keep count within their own class Warpy Mar 10 #35

You nailed it Ed! Feel the same way. ED. Evolve Dammit Mar 10 #39

I have a comfortable chair. Tom Yossarian Joad Mar 10 #40

The value of a comfortable chair cannot be overlooked GoodRaisin Mar 11 #74

we're in roughly similar condition mike_c Mar 10 #42

Well the problem is this; Mr.Bee Mar 10 #43

I might also add; Mr.Bee Mar 10 #49

Amen! Aussie105 Mar 10 #52

Not all jobs are mind killers. I've been at mine for the last 49 years, and if my mind is dead, it was dead at age 23. DFW Mar 11 #86

Welcome to DU, Mr.Bee! calimary Mar 11 #73

Depends on how you define accomplishment NanaCat Mar 11 #81

You know, Ed, you're right. PatrickforB Mar 10 #44

They're believers in Divine Right JHB Mar 10 #46

I'm a leading edge Boomer bluestateboomer Mar 10 #50

They're all assholes, plain and simple. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 10 #51

They want more privilege than everyone else. LiberalFighter Mar 10 #53

This cardboard owner guy backing trump is giving me pwb Mar 10 #54

"Many septuagenarian and octogenarians". I think it's strange that people in later years focus on controlling young BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 10 #56

We'll never make the needed steps to tax ALL income properly or attack the debt oldsoftie Mar 10 #59

It's just another form of hoarding. Scrivener7 Mar 10 #60

I'm 75, retired, live alone. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 10 #63

And that, your last sentence, they will destroy antyhing that gets in their way, is why we must destroy c-rational Mar 10 #64

Then they will die and find out that you really can't take it with you. LoisB Mar 10 #65

Where wealth accumulates, men decay. RipVanWinkle Mar 10 #66

Tax them into reality! Bluethroughu Mar 10 #67

"Every billionaire is a policy failure" Seinan Sensei Mar 10 #68

The largest expansion of the middle class occurred when there was... LudwigPastorius Mar 11 #69

According to Cheryl Crow Roy Rolling Mar 11 #71

That could have been taken from a fictitious character in the novel "Shibumi." DFW Mar 11 #87

I think it is a form of hoarding. tblue37 Mar 11 #72

More4Me czarjak Mar 11 #80

Not to toot my own horn, but I also had a few thoughts Goodheart Mar 11 #85

I'm always reluctant to dump everyone into one barrel DFW Mar 11 #89

Amem! BlueTexasMan Mar 11 #91

That's all of it in a nutshell edhopper! KPN Mar 11 #92

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Welcome to DU. William769 Mar 11 #95

Hello again. GP6971 Mar 11 #96

Upper 5 figures edhopper Mar 11 #97

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This is one of the best threads I have seen in my 16 years here. Permanut Mar 11 #98

My Republican brother can't resist saying how bad the economy is.... SleeplessinSoCal Mar 11 #99