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ProfessorGAC

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32. Not For My Wife

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:14 PM

Oct 2015

Admittedly it was 9 or so years ago, but while the process took forever, the retroactive check was direct deposited in about 3 days and she got the first regular check a month later.

It takes 6 months to get the first payment now?

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Raising the retirement age - how many people will end up [View all] hedgehog Oct 2015 OP

It takes about three years of fighting to even get on disability. And now B Calm Oct 2015 #1

And once you're approved , you have to wait 6 months for the first check! hedgehog Oct 2015 #3

Not For My Wife ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #32

Your first payment is 6 months from the date TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #56

And you're more likely to 2naSalit Oct 2015 #18

Regardless Old Codger Oct 2015 #2

I work with plenty of older than 50, it may be a minimum wage job but we are working past 50 Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #6

Worst case scenario: 75-80% benefits paid davekriss Oct 2015 #20

Increasing the max cap is definitely a way to maintain. As I told a co-worker 40ish, who was Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #21

If some reforms is not put into SS the money will run out and there will not be any SS or SSDI, we Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #4

Yeah...SS has been 30 years from going bankrupt for about 70 years now. jeff47 Oct 2015 #7

Did you know reforms occurred in the 80's? Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #8

Yes. Did you know that after those reforms it was still going to be bankrupt 10 years from now? jeff47 Oct 2015 #10

I think the year is 2036 or 2037. Do you think people are living longer on average that the Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #12

Now it is 2036. After the Greenspan commission it was in the 2020s. jeff47 Oct 2015 #14

The last reform did not begin immediately, it was started on people who were born after 1938. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #16

And the insolvency date accounted for that. jeff47 Oct 2015 #22

This isn't a conspiracy theory and it isn't an artificial crisis. It is like your checking account, Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #25

Why yes, I am a fucking idiot!! jeff47 Oct 2015 #31

Bye, I have a life to deal with. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #64

Yes, I'm sure there's a 45 year old who is doing it wrong and needs to be informed. (nt) jeff47 Oct 2015 #70

No I don't think people are living longer. I believe the inclusion of infant mortality rates B Calm Oct 2015 #30

Do you know many people who are living past 65? I know lots of people who are still Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #34

Of course their statistics say that I'm wrong, because they are not B Calm Oct 2015 #38

One of the fastest growing population ages is over 65 but believe what you want. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #39

Have you ever heard of the Baby Boomers? B Calm Oct 2015 #40

Quiet familiar with the Baby Boomers, I am a Baby Boomer. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #41

Good then you do know why that age group is growing so fast. B Calm Oct 2015 #42

Give me a link to your claim. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #44

There are claims for both sides. One side who preaches B Calm Oct 2015 #45

Let me help you. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #48

Let me help you B Calm Oct 2015 #50

The life expectancy of poor white women has decreased by 5 years. nt DLevine Oct 2015 #47

is it over 65, things has changed on life expectancy since SS started. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #49

But the life expectancy hasn't changed, only the infant mortality rate. B Calm Oct 2015 #57

Did you go to the link I sent you? Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #60

Did you see anything about infants here? That's what I been telling you, B Calm Oct 2015 #62

Did you see the part about the fastest growing age group? Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #65

And I explained that earlier too, BABY BOOMERS! B Calm Oct 2015 #67

Statistics do not concur with your opinion, I will stay with the statistics especially Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #68

Have a long, long life! B Calm Oct 2015 #69

So all the bypasses and stints Yupster Oct 2015 #75

You don't really have the facts about those reforms in line. The retirement age was raised for those Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #23

No, I have the facts correct about the after 1938, the full retirement age did rise from 65 to 67. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #26

No, the full retirement age is still 66. jeff47 Oct 2015 #35

Let me inform you, I have migrated through this increase of age, I was born after 1938, my Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #36

You will inform me by agreeing with my correction of your erroneous statement. jeff47 Oct 2015 #37

No since i said the reform raised the full retirement age from 65 to 67, it is in increments, this Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #43

And it's currently at 66 years. You decided to "inform" me it was....currently at 66 years. jeff47 Oct 2015 #46

A flipper fibber, I dont need my post rewritten. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #52

Then what were you attempting to inform me of? jeff47 Oct 2015 #54

Once more and I have other things to do. In the SS reform that in the 80's Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #61

Which is exactly what I said. We're in the 66 increment, as I said. jeff47 Oct 2015 #72

We could start with Congress replacing the money they stole from the SS Surplus liberal N proud Oct 2015 #27

I agree but it does not change the fact SS has been reformed to provide after 2012 and there will be Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #29

Only one reform is necessary HassleCat Oct 2015 #53

Removing the wage cap is the best way to begin addressing hedgehog Oct 2015 #79

(*cough*)bullshit(*cough*) Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #74

Who's advocating raising the retirement age? giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #5

Here JackInGreen Oct 2015 #9

You mean the 3d paragraph where she explicitly states giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #11

But she'd consider it JackInGreen Oct 2015 #13

As I've heard it stated, chillingly accurate Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #19

She explicitly states she has not seen a proposal she likes, but would consider it. (nt) jeff47 Oct 2015 #15

I worked for SS disability for 30 years. Already happening. hollowdweller Oct 2015 #17

I took care of my severely disabled daughter for 45 years jwirr Oct 2015 #33

Thank you. Delphinus Oct 2015 #51

Great post. Spot on. nt DLevine Oct 2015 #55

How many will drop dead before getting their first retirement check? hobbit709 Oct 2015 #24

Lift the C A P !!! Everyone says this for years! Even Bill Clinton when he ran! ViseGrip Oct 2015 #28

Since benefits are based on contributions... meaculpa2011 Oct 2015 #58

Yup. It's all about income inequality TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #63

Rather than lifting the income cap just raise the tax for everybody. hollowdweller Oct 2015 #66

It would bother me if they raised it on everyone TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #71

Full Retirement Age is an outdated concept Jimbo S Oct 2015 #59

I'm riding the bullet train to age 58. ladyVet Oct 2015 #73

Are you in a state without Medicaid expansion? And if you're a veteran, pnwmom Oct 2015 #78

We will probably see bipartisan changes like the 1983 legislation madville Oct 2015 #76

Exactly. They've never shown it will save money, anymore than raising the Medicare age pnwmom Oct 2015 #77

The past is prologue. PETRUS Oct 2015 #80

Wow! Great Googling! hedgehog Oct 2015 #81