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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. Just read his insistance that SS is going away,
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:18 PM
Mar 2025

immediately! Right now!

Okay, so today is only March 30, and so who knows what will happen April 1. But I'm guessing all the SS deposits will go out as always, and there will be mumbling about the May checks not arriving. But really?

Do none of those in charge have an elderly mother or grandmother who depends on SS? I'm guessing they are all hearing from those mothers and grandmothers, who are carefully explaining that, unlike Musk's mother-in-law, they really, seriously, could NOT get along without the SS.

I am apparently the only person in North America who always understood that SS was only intended to make up about a third of our retirement income, and so I saved diligently when I was working. I know, saving some money rather than spending every penny and then going into debt, is a novel concept.

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A summary, please. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2025 #1
? Be The Light Mar 2025 #2
Another fear mongering episode related to Social Security. SWBTATTReg Mar 2025 #3
As SWBTATTReg said. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2025 #4
I had no clue Hartman was a bad news source Be The Light Mar 2025 #5
Just read his insistance that SS is going away, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2025 #6
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