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Showing Original Post only (View all)Today's Social Security benefits are too small to give retirees financial stability [View all]
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Elizabeth Warren, once again, gets right to the heart of the matter.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Today's Social Security benefits are too small to give retirees financial stability [View all]
bluewater
Sep 2019
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Women have been penalized by this system if they stayed home to care for family..
Grasswire2
Sep 2019
#61
Yup, totally burns my ass that the supplemental, which only covers 20%, costs so incredibly more
dhol82
Sep 2019
#28
That's from decades of very bad policy that intentionally redistributed wealth upward.
Kurt V.
Sep 2019
#29
There are many You Tube video's showing people how they live in their car on 850 per month
Oppaloopa
Sep 2019
#10
Social Security was always intended to be one leg of a three-legged stool.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Sep 2019
#26
And good luck with your 401k if the market crashes around the time of your retirement.
dhol82
Sep 2019
#30
im on ssi. when congress gave us a raise last year , this year ss goes to me you make too much
AllaN01Bear
Sep 2019
#44
5300? Wow, that's more than the 3100 my brother and his wife bring home a month
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#57
and now McConnell plans to cut "benefits" and cut back Medicare lab testing.
Grasswire2
Sep 2019
#60