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30. The math can be stunning

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:42 AM

Nov 20

*made up numbers, but close enough
Age 62-$2000/month x 36 months =$72,000

If age 65 gives you a $400/ month raise, it would take you 180 months to make up for the last 3 years age 62-65 of not drawing at 62.
$72,000/$400per month=180 months. 15 years. And if you could save some of that original 3 years it adds up more.
Your circumstances are undoubtedly different, however the math probably still applies.

And, yes, I am paralyzed too. Fight? Flight? Head in the sand? Uuuuggghhhhh

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Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time? [View all] NewHendoLib Nov 20 OP

We've got to stop letting them call us "the left". There's maga and then there's everybody else. Walleye Nov 20 #1

We aren't the left so much as we are the opposition. Magoo48 Nov 20 #21

It's hard, but keep up the good work Walleye Nov 20 #25

You As well Magoo48 Nov 20 #51

We are the Resistance. TomSlick Nov 20 #104

Yup Magoo48 Nov 21 #121

I consider us Mossfern Nov 20 #27

That is accurate Walleye Nov 20 #32

perfect name! bluestarone Nov 20 #57

We are actually the conservatives. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 20 #77

Yes, I'm not happy with change sometimes. Specially when it's unnecessary. Walleye Nov 20 #81

Maggots are extreme far right, us "lefists" are in the center Clouds Passing Nov 20 #89

This is me all the time now bronxiteforever Nov 20 #2

The final days of our country Mountain Mule Nov 20 #96

It is worse than weird, I can't comprehend how someone like Trump could doc03 Nov 20 #3

More like 'The Stand' Mr.Bee Nov 20 #33

The parallels are eerie. wnylib Nov 20 #46

If yoiu think those parallels are eerie, Mr.Bee Nov 20 #73

So true. After he was elected, I sincerely tried to make myself feel better by allegorical oracle Nov 20 #72

His most "redeeming" features are laziness, incompetence, and lack of conviction (he has plenty of convictions though). TheKentuckian Nov 20 #76

The American Empire has ended, and there's no good plan for what's next. Ron Green Nov 20 #4

I don't even think Delphinus Nov 20 #5

Try to get out of it as soon as you can Beck23 Nov 20 #69

I use Bluesky as I used Twitter - as a news aggregate Dennis Donovan Nov 20 #6

What is BlueSky? bamagal62 Nov 20 #12

It's a social media website Dennis Donovan Nov 20 #15

Thx! bamagal62 Nov 20 #37

Dennis Donovan........ Upthevibe Nov 20 #82

Did you try logging out-back in? Dennis Donovan Nov 20 #83

Dennis Donovan.......... Upthevibe Nov 22 #128

I am having the same issue Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 20 #98

Dyedinthewoolliberal..... Upthevibe Nov 22 #129

Yoiks. DU by itself is already too much on my plate. hunter Nov 20 #86

I'm in step with all of you above. Diamond_Dog Nov 20 #7

Reagan was a puppet. They picked a genial actor for a reason. yardwork Nov 20 #10

Dump isn't the brains behind the destruction of the US. StarryNite Nov 20 #20

Never have truer words been spoken. usaf-vet Nov 20 #47

Yes. I agree Diamond_Dog Nov 20 #79

they didn't have a choice NJCher Nov 20 #109

A genial actor with alzheimers. BComplex Nov 20 #75

I remember speaking with a LittleGirl Nov 20 #112

GE Theater Kid Berwyn Nov 21 #123

So much corruption! yardwork Nov 21 #124

A crime-line of treason. "Legacy Hires," for instance. Kid Berwyn Nov 21 #125

He was more of a scumbag than I thought. Dave Bowman Nov 21 #126

Yep. bamagal62 Nov 20 #13

And the mass media Dave says Nov 20 #39

The rethugs vowed during FDR's presidencies that they would someday regain total control and obliterate all that had Texin Nov 20 #68

It's how I felt after Bush the Lesser was appointed by the courts peregrinus Nov 20 #8

I'm feeling the same way. yardwork Nov 20 #9

I'm the first Rec for your post. With one caveat: UniqueUserName Nov 20 #11

I hear you-me too happy feet Nov 20 #52

Start by not letting them steal election. With the only REAL response is "thank you let me have another." Where is..... usaf-vet Nov 20 #54

yup MissB Nov 20 #14

The math can be stunning Tbear Nov 20 #30

I think we're holding fast MissB Nov 20 #92

Many people can't do that Cirsium Nov 20 #80

yeah, that is true. I'm able to shave my budget a lot MissB Nov 20 #91

Yup orangecrush Nov 20 #16

Longest two weeks of my almost 74 year life. KPN Nov 20 #17

Processing still... LoCo Cat Lady Nov 20 #18

I'm in NOVA too. BonnieJW Nov 20 #58

Hi Bonnie.. whathehell Nov 20 #63

I don't think Canada wants old people. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. raccoon Nov 21 #116

They're not actively recuiting them, but whathehell Nov 21 #127

What I 've Read Recently... LoCo Cat Lady Nov 20 #84

Sicily peregrinus Nov 20 #88

Unfortunately... OldBaldy1701E Nov 21 #119

They want to dismantle the VA Beck23 Nov 20 #66

At times it may not seem like it... Hugin Nov 20 #19

thanks for your most excellent post. NewHendoLib Nov 20 #22

You didn't mention it specifically... Hugin Nov 20 #45

Ask Stephen Spoonamore Beck23 Nov 20 #70

Ghosted Doodles Nov 20 #48

I agree. It was rigged. BonnieJW Nov 20 #61

Perfect diagnosis. I'd like to add one thing here, as to your "they cheated" bluestarone Nov 20 #95

Yes, I'm glad you emphasized that... Hugin Nov 20 #101

I feel as I have lived to see the fall of the United States. NNadir Nov 20 #23

You mean that Trump will help Putin destroy Europe and America if he can then yes. It's weird. BradBo Nov 20 #24

I think I can answer some of these things: Gore1FL Nov 20 #26

Good points. I can agree withh most of your perspective wnylib Nov 20 #74

General Strike. Bluethroughu Nov 20 #28

Left Aaeia Nov 20 #29

Never did understand that myself k55f5r Nov 20 #41

The resistance looks like your local Democratic group bucolic_frolic Nov 20 #31

There is a sharp resistance Roc2020 Nov 20 #34

It's not unprecedented. Black people lived through this in the Jim Crow South. Yavin4 Nov 20 #35

It sure seems like... WestMichRad Nov 20 #36

Right with you... MiHale Nov 20 #38

Welcome to Shock Doctrine U.S.A. Auggie Nov 20 #40

That should be the headline on every newspaper in the country k55f5r Nov 20 #43

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism erronis Nov 20 #59

Very surreal indeed... FirstLight Nov 20 #42

"There's just a sense that something's gotta give, you know?" sprinkleeninow Nov 20 #103

On occasion I receive 'words of knowledge', if you will. It happens sprinkleeninow Nov 20 #107

I can only speak for myself GreenEyedLefty Nov 20 #44

Yes Beringia Nov 20 #49

i can hardly say anything to ease your mind barbtries Nov 20 #50

Weird is a too nice a word for evil. hay rick Nov 20 #53

There are so many Fox type news things playing round the clock and you can tell Maraya1969 Nov 20 #55

Overwhelmingly what I hear is that we are numb, Prairie_Seagull Nov 20 #56

Yes. 1WorldHope Nov 20 #60

I felt it in 2016... Blue_Tires Nov 20 #62

Yes it's weird Beck23 Nov 20 #64

I've never been on xitter Linda ladeewolf Nov 20 #65

Yep. I feel like I'm on a plane that's going down, waiting for the crash. CaptainTruth Nov 20 #67

Whatever was in Pandoras locked box is loose, Arne Nov 20 #71

We're not in Kansas any more, Toto. wnylib Nov 20 #78

Right and left are not really the main political divide any more soldierant Nov 20 #85

Strangely "The Daily Show" spoke to me. mwooldri Nov 20 #87

Dystopian NIghtmare cer7711 Nov 20 #90

The plan was bdamomma Nov 20 #93

I feel as if I'm living markodochartaigh Nov 20 #94

The only part of that I'm not wondering as well is "how so many people have lost their minds" JHB Nov 20 #97

Our Forefathers seen this and knew this Smackdown2019 Nov 20 #99

2016 already showed us what to do hydrolastic Nov 20 #105

The nuclear sabre rattling from russia has been going on for nearly 3 years. Crunchy Frog Nov 20 #100

I'm not over it. Sucked the juice out of me Jarqui Nov 20 #102

Yes .. I started a diary today proud patriot Nov 20 #106

I had to change my laptop homepage away from Google News AdamGG Nov 20 #108

Beside the billionaires and "Entrepreneur" Lawn service moguls Fish700 Nov 20 #110

I think the best definition of what many of us are feeling is "anomie" HighFired49 Nov 20 #111

Surreal is my word...and Fear! Through the "Funhouse" Mirror. electric_blue68 Nov 21 #113

It's like 2016 - only worse. Marcuse Nov 21 #114

Me too... NT bee_peaceful Nov 21 #115

Yes, definitely feeling the same way Blue_Roses Nov 21 #117

Yeah. Why is that? rambler_american Nov 21 #118

I know in my guts the election was dirty and the worst criminal in American history is going to be POTUS. Botany Nov 21 #120

Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people. Vinca Nov 21 #122

You ask an excellent question about why the left hasn't devoted the resources to countering the right's propaganda markpkessinger Nov 22 #130

I don't feel weird, but... bif Nov 22 #131