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In reply to the discussion: It's not 3 dimensional chess. It's a kick to the gut. [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)that comes to $19,200 a year.
If I have to put a few hundred more into SS til I qualify it a few years from now,
I will have come out ahead over $100,000 to $200,000.
It goes hand in hand.
And as the years go by, wellness for those in their 20s and 30s will reduce trips to the doctor and surgery in their 50s and above.
So a little sacrifice now for those younger reaps major advantage later.
All self-employed especially.
BTW, when companies give health insurance and the last 40 years ones monthly health insurance during all that time (we are talking about today's senior citizens who now get medicare) they received a tax-free benefit all these years if their job paid their health insurance or a good portion and the monthly was a few hundred dollars.
compared to the self employed who pay thosands and thousands a month out of pocket.
Seems like that is something never taken into account.
And thank the Demcoratic people who in 1980 ditched Jimmy and voted for Reagan.
Some of our senators and congressmen did just that. While I don't hold it against them,
had everyone voted for Jimmy, we would have probably gotten France's health care system by now.
So the Reagan voters deserve a big chunk of the blame.