YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS

Government out of control.

Your Social Security Checks

21Feb

 

If you get any Social  Security at all in any manner, you might want to read.

 

Did you know this?   Unfortunately most  did not, and I am one of those whose Social Security  funds are direct deposited to my bank, thus, I never see the checks.  Once  again, our beloved congressmen are playing fast and loose with vernacular.   What motive did they have for changing  the name of our Social  Security?  I’m sure they have a plan, and it won’t be to our betterment.

 

                                                       SS CHECKS!

 

Here we go.

 

JUST REALIZED THAT  WITH REQUIRED AUTO DEPOSIT, I NEVER GET TO SEE THE CHECK ….

 

ALERT EVERYONE YOU  KNOW. THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US.*

 

*Subject:*

SOCIAL SECURITY  becomes FEDERAL BENEFIT CHECK

 

Have you noticed, the  Social Security check is now referred to as a

 

“Federal Benefit  Payment”?

 

I’ll be part of the  one percent to forward this. I am forwarding it because it Touches a nerve in  me, and I hope it will in you.

 

Please keep passing  it on until everyone in our country has  read it.

 

The government is now  referring to our Social Security checks as a   Federal Benefit Payment  .

 

This isn’t a benefit .  It is earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but  our employers did too.

 

It totaled 15% of our  income before taxes .

 

If you averaged $30K  per year over your working life, that’s close to $180,000 Invested in Social  Security .

 

If you calculate the  future value of your monthly investment in social security( $375/month,  including both your and your employers contributions) at a meager 1%  Interest  rate

compounded monthly,  after 40 years of working you’d have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved!

 

This is your personal  investment

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Upon retirement, if  you took out only 3% per year , you’d receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per  month .

 

That’s almost three  times more than today’s average Social Security benefit of $1,230 per month  ,according to the Social Security Administration

 

(Google it – its a  fact).

 

And your retirement  fund would last more than 33 years (until you’re 98 if you retire at age 65)! I  can only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in  retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk  interest-earning accounts .

 

Instead, the folks in  Washington pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie  Madoff ever did.

 

They took our money  and used it elsewhere.

 

They forgot (Knew)  that it was OUR money they were taking.

 

They didn’t have a  referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them .

 

And they didn’t pay  interest on the debt they assumed .

 

And recently, they’ve  told us that the money won’t support us for very much longer .

 

But is it our fault  they misused our investments?

 

And now, to add  insult to injury, they’re calling it   a benefit   ,

as if we never worked  to earn every penny of it.

Offered by John C.

Just because they  borrowed the money,

doesn’t mean that our  investments were a charity !

 

Let’s take a stand .

 

We have earned our  right to Social Security and  Medicare.

 

Demand that our  legislators bring some sense into our government .

 

Find a way to keep  Social Security and Medicare going,

for the sake of that  92% of our population who need it.

*Then call it what it  is: Our Earned Retirement Income. *

 

99% of people won’t  forward this.

 

Will you?

 

*You can bet I WILL  !!!*

The Ewing CoAnd then it was Winter

02Jan

 

 

LUNCH and then it was winter…

I FIRST STARTED READING THIS EMAIL & WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK. READ SLOWLY!
AND THEN IT IS WINTER
You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.
But, here it is… the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise…How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.
But, here it is…my friends are retired and getting grey…they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me…but, I see the great change…Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant…but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we’d be. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore… it’s mandatory! Cause if I don’t on my own free will… I just fall asleep where I sit!
And so…now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I’m not sure how long it will last…this I know, that when it’s over on this earth…its over. A new adventure will begin!
Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn’t done…things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I’m happy to have done. It’s all in a lifetime.
So, if you’re not in your winter yet…let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don’t put things off too long!! Life goes by quickly. So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life…so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember…and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!!
“Life” is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.

· LIVE IT WELL!

· ENJOY TODAY!

· DO SOMETHING FUN!

· BE HAPPY !

· HAVE A GREAT DAY

Remember “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

LIVE HAPPY IN 2014!

LASTLY, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

v TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU’VE EVER BEEN … YET THE YOUNGEST YOU’LL EVER BE SO – ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.

ü Your kids are becoming you……but your grandchildren are perfect!

ü Going out is good.. Coming home is better!

ü You forget names…. But it’s OK because other people forgot they even knew you!!!

ü You realize you’re never going to be really good at anything…. especially golf.

ü The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don’t care to do them anymore.

ü You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in bed. It’s called “pre-sleep”.

ü You miss the days when everything worked with just an “ON” and “OFF” switch.

ü You tend to use more 4 letter words … “what?”…”when?”… ???

ü Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it’s not safe to wear it anywhere.

ü You notice everything they sell in stores is “sleeveless”?!!!

ü What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

ü Everybody whispers.

ü You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet…. 2 of which you will never wear.

But Old is good in some things:

Ø Old Songs,

Ø Old movies, and best of all,

Ø OLD FRIENDS!!

Stay well, “OLD FRIEND!”

Send this on to other “Old Friends!” and let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!!

It’s Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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