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Tag Archives: Social Security
Economics 2025
Yes, there are advantages to having been financially challenged my entire life. I know how to budget. I know how to stretch that increasingly devalued dollar. I know how to be content with the basic necessities of life. I’ve learned … Continue reading
Posted in That's Life
Tagged budget, economy, finances, financially challenged, making ends meet, Medicare, money, Social Security
12 Comments
Thanks. And No Thanks.
“No thanks” to the current administration. The proposed new tax bill supposedly provides for a $4,000 tax deduction for each senior citizen, which would mean an $8,000 deduction for a married couple filing jointly. Sounds good, right? Not. The “senior … Continue reading
Posted in That's Life
Tagged budget, money, rich get richer, senior bonus, senior citizens, Social Security, taxes
11 Comments
For Better, For Worse
The house is empty now. It was a good house, built in 1939 and occupied by only one family before Bertha and George moved in. It wasn’t Bertha’s and George’s first home as man and wife – they had raised … Continue reading
Posted in That's Life
Tagged budgeting, depression, desperation, fiction, foreclosure, home ownership, houses, old age, senior citizen, Social Security
15 Comments
Spoke Too Soon, Again …
Good to know. Sometimes I wonder, and it’s so nice to have a survey robot acknowledge this. But enough snark. Once again, my human-ness shows in my errors. I was so optimistic in my last post when I talked about … Continue reading
Posted in Health, That's Life
Tagged budget, finances, Puppy Cody, Remicade, senior citizen, Social Security, ulcerative colitis
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