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Social security has been withdrawn frim my paycheck for 40 years.... shit better be there for me when its my turn.
Whats more dangerous than a starving, homeless man with nothing more to lose.
25 million staving homeless men with a purpose
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Some cuts may be necessary in these trying times
There are YouTube videos on how to build one of these.
I'm pretty sure a few people could just figure one out from memory. Thats like early game minecraft type shit.
The trick is to put a weight on the blade. I watched multiple videos.
The weight helps the blade stay on the track with out straying, which causes friction and less force.
A straight blade is more likely to have issues coming down off track. But cuts best if weighted.
The angled blade was not the best choice based on the videos I saw that tested a bunch of different blade designs.
But weight. Add like 20lbs to the blade. Or make a hydraulics one. There is also a video where some one made one. But the simple one will do the job.
We can always just try again if it fails, not like they are free to go if they somehow survive.
😂
Ok, but hear me out. We didn't have a ballroom in the white house for fancy parties.
Oh fuck. You’re right! Totally worth it. We’re so selfish.
Someone with actual power.
Who knows what the future holds, but anyway the people over the past 40 years receiving social security direct deposited into their bank accounts every month thank you for your obligatory contributions. They couldn't be living large without you 😜
Many retirees ain't 'living large' as you seem to think. Many need to continue to work to afford groceries, pay rent, and buy medications. So many medications. And medicare doesn't cover everything you need when your old. You pay for the Part B medicare, a minimum of $150 per month and the cost goes up if you have more money. But you STILL nee to buy extra supplemental insurance to cover the things medicare doesn't cover. So several $100's more a month for insurance. And do this while on a fixed income........
If you weren't living large before you retired, you ain't living large after you retire.
This is a casual discussion forum, sorry you didn't see I was exaggerating. Any amount of money put into one's bank account with no effort is "living large" (slight exaggeration) in my opinion. Hey I'm struggling too. Life is not easy.
The idea behind social security is that the recipients already put in a career's worth of effort. They paid social security taxes for however many years, and now they are ENTITLED to the payments they receive in their retirement. It's their money.
I understand but when we had to wait 50 years to get back that money we put into the pot, it's retirement time and we are literally relaxing, not working anymore. The money appears in our bank accounts while we spend our last few years on vacation.
I'm so sorry you feel like you need to explain the concept of social security to me.
Yes, but the money you get isnt enough to live on when retired. You need huge savings and possibly keep on working into yoyr 70s and 80s
I know. If I ever make it to age 72 my monthly SS will be $2k/month which will probably have the spending power of $50 by then, based on inflation. Even $2k/month now, wouldn't be enough to survive on by itself.