What am I to do?

Question

I am smiling from ear to ear over my great SS increase of $18.75 a month in Jan. Wow, then the complex where I live will grab 30% of that so help me out here--where do I put this $13.12 to make it do the most good??? A hundred and fifty seven dollars a year!!

Widows benefits, no medicare, to young at this point. No medicaid either just me.

Answer 1

Oh heck....once people find out about your windfall.....they'll just raise taxes someplace else so you'll be safely in the hole once again. Lord knows we can't have anyone getting ahead here! LOL

I mean in my state.....they have already eaten twice the amount of the minimum wage increase in other various taxes......not to mention inflation putting people back further than where they started.

Enjoy your moment.....it will be gone soon enough.

Answer 2

This entire system is flawed! I went through all manner of troubles when I tried to get my Mom's SS started (1992). She had a major stroke and it caused some disabilities which forced her to retire. She did not want too....the doctor's proclaimed her as disabled and that was the end of her job!

It was very difficult to get anywhere with them and by the time all was worked out, Momma received two checks before she died. I was praying things had changed since then....I suppose not!

I am so sorry, like my Mom, I am sure you worked very hard and deserve so much more! Truly, $13.12, is an insult to all who have put into the system for most all their lives.

Hide your new "raise" because if you save it in an institution....more fees and even more of an insult!

Answer 3

Move out of your expensive apartment into a lovely HUD subsidized place for 55+.....

I have a lovely, big apartment, 1 huge bedroom, huge living room with dining area, lovely kitchen and more storage space than I need. I am on the 10th floor (top) with a view that people would kill for. My rent includes heat.

The rent is based upon your income. They charge 1/3 of your total income for everything. I pay a little over 300.00 a month......

Because it is HUD, there are no yearly increases based on SS increase. In fact, since I moved here about a year and a half ago, my rent has DROPPED over 35.00 per month....due to lower overall heating costs.

Damned if I'm gonna let some greedy landlord take away my SS by uping the rent every year. I want my money for the fun things in life which I have earned.

Try it.

Answer 4

Wow! An extra $13.12 a month! Be careful and try not to spend it all in one place! You will need to splurge a bit of that first check on something just for you. Maybe you should buy a small bouquet of flowers to cheer you up.

Answer 5

An extra eighteen dollars and seventy five cents per month, you wont believe this but if that had happened in the UK the populace would have taken to the streets....in JOY, pensioners don't get those sort of raises here, the last one I remember that hit the headlines was for, wait for it,......75 cents. and we were supposed to be grateful, just shows what a wonderful, caring, helpful and thankful, a socialist government is, don't even think of having one yourself,

Answer 6

i must have it made in the shade, i am widowed too, but because i am disabled i have medicare; which is going up next yr as well as my medigap plan. right now i'm paying my way out of the part d donut hole.as i figure things, i'll owe them each month. sorry. this is a very sore subject with me!

Answer 7

Yes, isn't this just great! I draw a widow's pension from SS. I wonder if mine will be raised any? Every little bit helps, but this is really a "little" bit.

Answer 8

I am Just like Mary, This Is a Very SORE subject with me too! Hip, Hip, Hooray>>Put your little raise in the sugar bowl.... (smile)

Answer 9

Hate to burst your bubble, but I think your Medicare Part B goes up a few $$ in January too. They get you coming and going.

Answer 10

$13.12 cents? Hmmm? I am still thinking. That does not even buy a U.S. savings bond. I know save it until you get to $50.00, then buy a savings bond!