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10 Jaw-Dropping Stats About the State of Retirement in America
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 36 Comments • 4 Likes • 2 months ago
“According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 22.7 million more people would live below the poverty line without their Social Security...”
I think that some changes are needed to the program - both in how it is funded and how it is distributed and taxed. Social security was intended to be self-funding by the current workforce contributing and maintaining the fund while retirees were getting payments from the fund. Social payments...
Red and Blue should Make Purple Right?
By: Robert in Ohio • life choices • 37 Comments • 4 Likes • 4 months ago
““Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face.” — Hermann Hesse”
Just checking in folks. I hope everyone is doing well, enjoying the Olympics and enduring the hot weather - both actual and the political fires burning everywhere it seems. As you know I am taking a break, but I had to share something. I have dropped in on a few other political chat sites and...
Time for a Sabbatical
By: Robert in Ohio • Metafied • 124 Comments • 1 Like • 3 months ago
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius”
I have been a participating member of News Talkers through multiple iterations and formats, through changes in the rules and multiple changes in who enforces and how they enforce those rules are enforced. I have always been a floating independent life preserver, always about to be washed over or...
Opinion | The Tyranny of Today’s Tipping
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 124 Comments • 8 Likes • 4 months ago
“"Suddenly, I'm looking at this screen and I'm literally pressing a 20% tip for a burrito," Jung recalls. "I remember thinking, 'This is weird.' You...”
Few things annoy me more than "the tipping struggles" in America - charts telling me what I should tip on the paper receipt, on the screen as I try to process my credit card and as I try to place an online order. I decide when and how much to tip based on the service that I receive from the...
At what age is Social Security no longer taxed in the US?
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 months ago
How much of our Social Security benefits should be taxed? Should any of our Social Security benefits be taxed? Are we being taxed twice on the same income, since workers pay into the social security fund throughout their working years? Are the income thresholds to determine taxability of...
Biden, Trump, CNN agree on debate rules, format
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 33 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 months ago
“CNN said that “though not impossible,” it’s unlikely that Kennedy will qualify.”
When you come right down to it, other than making sure no one is helping President Biden (unless somehow the questions are mysteriously made available ahead of time) or that Trump forgets that he is not giving a speech and never shuts up - there is no real reason for the two of them to even be i...
One in Four Voters Are Double-Haters, Rejecting Trump and Biden
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 82 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 months ago
“The ranks of the double-haters — voters who say they don’t like either major party presidential candidate — are at a historic high and make up...”
The likelihood of a change two either the Democrat or Republican nominee for President in 2024 is nearly non-existent, but there are a lot of folks in the good old USA that think that neither of them are worthy of the nation's highest office. Nothing can be done so long as big money controls the...
The Real Problem With Prices
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 33 Comments • 1 Like • 5 months ago
“"The cost of just about everything went up, after more than a decade of not simply price stability but price stagnancy"”
We hear the trumpets announcing that inflation is only rising at a rate of 3% and not the 9% it was a couple of years ago and the powers that be in Washington D.C. expect the masses to cheer and be happy. But there is no cheering There are sighs of resignation, tears of despair and wails of...
Hunter Biden trial live updates: Hunter Biden guilty on all charges in historic gun case
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 183 Comments • 5 months ago
“Hunter Biden in a statement following the verdict said he was "disappointed by the outcome" but "grateful" for his family and loved ones.”
The verdict was not wholly unexpected It will be interesting to see what sentence is handed down and what the reaction of the White House will be