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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:01 PM Original message |
Does anyone know anyone who lives with only SS and Medicare who can get by on less? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. they can't even get by WITH SS and Medicare. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I get 620 SSI |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. SSI or SS? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. disability. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. SSI or SSDI? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. SSI is Supplimental Income that is paid to persons who are either |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. NO. |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!! I ARE One! n/t |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Repeated. NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!!!! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Most have two kidneys but only need one. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Eyeballs, too, Manny. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Depth perception is highly overrated |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. useless eaters |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:08 PM Original message |
no. nope. no way. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. NO. They cannot get by on less. In fact, on that, they're teetering on falling into the hole |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I Think Obama is Trying to Save What He Can |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. There's not going to be any "default". That's a bogeyman. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Ultrashort ETFs |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. what? usetf's are a bet on a stock market dropping -- on a daily basis. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. These Ultrashorts are Shorting Treasuries |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. from 2008: |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Charge him with treason then. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Here's what I see: 1) We Dems don't fight back, we whine; and, 2) Obama went in trying to reason |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
70. bull |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nobody I know |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. And the ones that I know already get help from their grown children |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Amen! |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am going to guess that there |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. 61 here, no meds. But my 87-yr-old widowed mother? ANOTHER STORY. You might live longer and with |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The OP said ONLY Social Security. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I envy you! I am 38, and I have a rare disease, with monthly bills of over $1,200 for meds. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. You are an example of exactly why we need |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. nope. my mom is SS and Medicare and she was devastated when I told |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nope. I have a part time job which supplements |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Nope no one! |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh hell no... |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nope x 3 here. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. No - and |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. No. I make more than most each month, but if |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Your story is the same as millions. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. my mom only got a little more than $600 a month. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
71. Your mom is a very lucky lady to have children like you and your sister. n/t |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. we both had great husbands. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Ironically all the people I know who are on SS and Medicare have very nice pensions |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. She had a "very nice" federal pension that was smaller than what she got from social security? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. She was entitled to part of my uncle's federal pension |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. according to the social security website, her social security would be cut by 2/3 of her pension. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. I get $3010 from SSA but get the SSI supplement so actually live on |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Are those numbers your monthly benefit? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. That has to be yearly. SSI suppliments low income individuals |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. That's what I was thinking. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. If I got 2700 a month I would be wealthy? But my children know that if |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. They are yearly and as I said I am making it. Live with my grandson |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
59. I'm assuming that's a yearly total |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Yearly it is. Thanks for the warning. |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. No. My mother barely eats. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Nope. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Gubment cheese |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The current contempt for the poor is the worst I've seen it since those days. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I do not disagree |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. It makes me ill. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. I still believe that part of it is simply a denial mechanism. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. In the 80's it was RW we had to fight, now it's many in our own Party as well. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
46. Are you fucking kidding? |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
48. I'm currently disabled. My medicare kicks in on October 1st. I'll then get $115 less |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
49. That's why only 1/3rd of retirees do that |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. What a disgustingly glib statement |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Agreed!!! |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yes, house is paid off. They have some savings, but don't use it. |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. No. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. without either one of those, my 85 yr old parents would be homeless and they own their home. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
65. Nope, My mother who will mark another year in her 7th decade |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
67. K & R. n/t |
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