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Good luck. I hope it works out well!
I think we’ve found a motive for the shooter. He’s a Republican Swiftie.
He was a great comedian but his “I don’t vote” shtick really fucked this country over. Moderate, reasonable, people stayed home, thinking ‘it doesn’t matter’, and conservative dickheads took over at the polls. 1996
I’ll take the risk. I’m certainly not recommending it for anybody else, just saying it’s what I’m going to do. Worst case scenario, I’ll be in a VA nursing home. But I own a home - it would be cheaper for the VA to send an attendant to me. That’s what they did for my dad and brother.
Anyway, my dad racked up some pretty hefty bills from hospital visits over his last decade, and the VA paid for almost all of it. We only got billed $500 each for a few ambulance rides. The military isn’t a glamorous job and certainly not for everyone, but that retiree health plan makes a huge difference.
But the 4th of July is coming up, so that means a few days of staying up till 3am so I’m not startled out of my sleep thinking I’m in a mortar attack, so … there’s that.
Sorry for the late reply. I’m collecting a military pension and semi-retired now, so SS isn’t going to make or break me. I’m just thinking it’ll be better to spend it on vacations and fun when I’m 63 vs pills and nursing homes when I’m 70.
I was fortunate enough to get everything paid off a couple of years ago, so unless I buy another house, I shouldn’t have to worry about debt.
I guess what I’m saying is that even though it’ll be more money, I don’t think it’ll be much good to me at 70. Also, being single w/ no kids, I’m not trying to leave a bunch of money laying around when I kick the bucket. I’m trying to get as close to zero as I can.
Thank you for that explanation. My regex impaired ass thought he wanted to hurt generation[x|y|z].
I’m like “what’d we ever do to you?”
Anyone thought about when they’ll apply for Social Security(or whatever you have in your country)? I used to think people were dumb for taking SS early; obviously the longer you wait, the bigger your payment. But lately I’ve started to rethink that. I’ll probably take it right away because:
I don’t know how long I’m going to live: I just hit 50 and I still exercise every morning and try to go jogging occasionally, but that’s getting harder and harder to do. Plus I have this heart murmur my doctor hasn’t figured out yet.
I want to use the money while I can still enjoy it: I never used to pay attention to old people, but as I’m approaching that age, I’ve noticed there can be a sharp drop-off between age 60 and 65 or any given time span. Also, there’s a history of dementia in my family(both parents, brother, and now sister) so I’m on borrowed time.
There’s no telling when SS will become unsustainable. I think the projected date is around 2034 when they’ll have to start making reduced payments, but it’s hard to predict anything that far out. I’m just going to take my money when I can.
Any thoughts? Anyone out there already drawing SS?
IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025
Good news!(if you live in the US) But there’s already opposition to the program, plus it’s on the actual states to join(and we saw how that went with the Affordable Care Act).
I don’t really have any suggestions, but I can say that your Weekly Discussion is hugely successful in getting people to post. As you can see, you get way more engagement in the weekly thread than from regular Posts in the community.
Like most people, I don’t post or comment much because I hate all the negative responses you get on Lemmy (and anywhere, for that matter), but I’ll try to be more active.
That’s a hell of an undertaking. You’ve got a long weekend ahead of you.😁
I took a peek at the S-4 filing for TMTG and it’s glorious:
There’s plenty more out there.
It doesn’t even mention Trump Mortgage, launched a year before the housing crash.