I am not sure where you are in life, Weldon. I am retired now, maxed out on Social Security as has my wife too. It is livable for the two of us. There are funds set aside for us. My last few years I was paid extraordinarily well. My wife drew off of my SS and we banked it and I banked a portion of my salary. Not a millionaire and we get by.
Topic switch: We (AB) did submit a plan for SS and how to fund it going forward. They agreed with our findings in a note sent back to us and Representative DeFazio. It is simple and it works with small incremental increases over 10 years. The same holds true on Medicare if you wish to eliminate General funds from it. Of course, the problem with the latter is a runaway commercial healthcare industry.
Some people are incredibly determined to be ignorant. I am beyond being nice to them or tolerant.
I fall to see your survival as being unfair. We give away or allow more to support the 4 tenths of 1% who have an average income of $3.3 million (2018). Tax Policy Center and I am too lazy to look at an updated chart. So, I am low . . .
I will join your merry group here shortly. Thanks for writing. Some worthy reads.
Hey, Bill. I'm happy to hear from you, and that you're doing well. Thanks very much for your support. Our mutual buddy JD saw your link at Angry Bear and just dropped me a note. Great to hear from him after all this time.
I don't see my survival as unfair either; it's just unfair that somebody making a dollar more than an arbitrary means-testing amount can't get the kind of support I've gotten. It should be there for whomever needs it, regardless their station in life.
It has been a long time. I have been out and about doing my numbers stuff on healthcare, student loans, Medicare, Social Security, etc. I was asked to do an article on women's healthcare and other articles. Interviewed to be a technical writer for a movie or series on healthcare by Mandalay films. Great ego boosters. Was hoping I would meet Cindy Crawford as she is married to the head guy there. Sigh . . . did not happen. It was fun though.
If this is a healthcare issue on getting insurance. They revamped it under the IRA. Up to 200% FPL, people pay very little for a Silver plan. It covers healtcare is the crazy states too. The top is capped at 8.5% rather than noting now. There is no full load now. This good till 2025. A link: https://angrybearblog.com/2022/08/does-the-ira-lower-your-health-insurance-premiums#more-93961. There is a different post for a family.
I am not sure where you are in life, Weldon. I am retired now, maxed out on Social Security as has my wife too. It is livable for the two of us. There are funds set aside for us. My last few years I was paid extraordinarily well. My wife drew off of my SS and we banked it and I banked a portion of my salary. Not a millionaire and we get by.
Topic switch: We (AB) did submit a plan for SS and how to fund it going forward. They agreed with our findings in a note sent back to us and Representative DeFazio. It is simple and it works with small incremental increases over 10 years. The same holds true on Medicare if you wish to eliminate General funds from it. Of course, the problem with the latter is a runaway commercial healthcare industry.
Some people are incredibly determined to be ignorant. I am beyond being nice to them or tolerant.
I fall to see your survival as being unfair. We give away or allow more to support the 4 tenths of 1% who have an average income of $3.3 million (2018). Tax Policy Center and I am too lazy to look at an updated chart. So, I am low . . .
I will join your merry group here shortly. Thanks for writing. Some worthy reads.
Hey, Bill. I'm happy to hear from you, and that you're doing well. Thanks very much for your support. Our mutual buddy JD saw your link at Angry Bear and just dropped me a note. Great to hear from him after all this time.
I don't see my survival as unfair either; it's just unfair that somebody making a dollar more than an arbitrary means-testing amount can't get the kind of support I've gotten. It should be there for whomever needs it, regardless their station in life.
Anyway. More to come. Again, so good to see you.
Weldon:
It has been a long time. I have been out and about doing my numbers stuff on healthcare, student loans, Medicare, Social Security, etc. I was asked to do an article on women's healthcare and other articles. Interviewed to be a technical writer for a movie or series on healthcare by Mandalay films. Great ego boosters. Was hoping I would meet Cindy Crawford as she is married to the head guy there. Sigh . . . did not happen. It was fun though.
If this is a healthcare issue on getting insurance. They revamped it under the IRA. Up to 200% FPL, people pay very little for a Silver plan. It covers healtcare is the crazy states too. The top is capped at 8.5% rather than noting now. There is no full load now. This good till 2025. A link: https://angrybearblog.com/2022/08/does-the-ira-lower-your-health-insurance-premiums#more-93961. There is a different post for a family.
I'm good on the health care front. Old person, poor person. I've been back in Hawai'i for some time, so not a lot of crazies.