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CountAllVotes

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29. This will help my household a bit
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 09:56 PM
Oct 2021

It will be ~$100 which will pay half of the garbage bill and part of the water bill as well.

I'll take anything I can get these days as no extra stimulus monies came our way but you'd think they would have.

I guess elderly people and disabled veterans don't count much. Not that they ever did anyway.



I wish the Biden package had a bigger raise for SS. jmbar2 Oct 2021 #1
Budget reconciliation cannot involve Social Security meow2u3 Oct 2021 #7
Meanwhile food prices are up 60% & gas is way up, too SheltieLover Oct 2021 #2
Well, it's better than a poke in the eye Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #3
Food is not up 60% Casady1 Oct 2021 #14
Not true here. SheltieLover Oct 2021 #24
I can't believe food prices. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #21
Same here! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #25
Hi Sheltie! Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #26
Hi IrishDem SheltieLover Oct 2021 #27
20 years ago, gas went up to about $2.50/gal Deminpenn Oct 2021 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog Oct 2021 #4
The only way it can change is they way SS increases are calculated.... Historic NY Oct 2021 #5
The anti-socialism crowd should forego the raise. Historic NY Oct 2021 #6
Hopefully, my landlord doesn't see this... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #8
Most of us are on a greased rope. The future does not look good to me. Wages have Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #9
actually that's not true. Only half of U.S. have any stocks and/or bonds. Half have nothing. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #10
I bet it's less than half, and that a good portion of those who do, are involved with stocks from .. marble falls Oct 2021 #12
Two employers Karma13612 Oct 2021 #19
I just took my annual IRA distribution instead of rolling it over. displacedtexan Oct 2021 #20
Not sure what happened. I moved everything to fixed when 45 was talking fire and fury shit. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #23
Wooo hooooo! I'll be rollin' in it! marble falls Oct 2021 #11
Seems a lot of the cost of living increase Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #13
Have they announced Part B premiums yet? moriah Oct 2021 #15
They will cancel out. Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #22
Besides medical costs, the biggest inflation problem since '82 has been RENT peppertree Oct 2021 #16
Thanks but it won't even cover RIP OFF gas prices and RIP OFF home Property tax increases.... Bengus81 Oct 2021 #17
My landlord will take part of it and Medicare will increase the premiums Naio Oct 2021 #18
Thanks for that info. CountAllVotes Oct 2021 #28
This will help my household a bit CountAllVotes Oct 2021 #29
I haven't seen a decent increase in SS in many years . Medicare takes most of it geretogo Oct 2021 #30
I just applied for ss benefits starting in November. honest.abe Oct 2021 #31
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