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US seniors to get an 8.7% increase in their social security payments & next week’s FOMC

December 5, 2022 10:47 pm

by Mason-Harder In January, US seniors will get an 8.7% increase in their social security payments – the highest in more than 40 years. While I’m glad for them, it sounds inflationary to me. Do we think JPOW is thinking …

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Nursing home hires stripper for seniors in wheelchairs

September 14, 2022 8:02 pm

This probably wasn’t a proper setting to set pulses racing. A nursing home has been forced to apologize for hiring a stripper to perform for senior citizens in wheelchairs. The Taoyuan Veterans Home, a state-run facility for retired army personnel …

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Number Of Seniors Tapping Social Security Plummets As “Excess Deaths” Spike During Pandemic

May 6, 2021 10:20 am

The rate of seniors collecting Social Security benefits has plunged to the lowest level in a decade, which Bloomberg suggests may be due to the disproportionate number of COVID-19 deaths among the elderly. According to the Social Security Administration, the number of people who took …

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WOW! 40% of DALLAS School District SENIORS will NOT GRADUATE!

April 29, 2021 11:04 pm

4 out of 10 Dallas ISD seniors not on track to graduate, district reports In hopes of catching students up, Dallas ISD wants to get all seniors back into the classroom starting Monday. DALLAS – Dallas ISD trustees were presented …

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Unable to afford rent, some Vancouver seniors choosing to take their own lives rather than become homeless

September 17, 2018 4:17 pm

via thinkpol.ca: More seniors are being pushed into homelessness because they can’t afford the city’s high cost of living or find a safe shelter, says the head of a seniors’ non-profit organization. Anthony Kupferschmidt, executive director of the West End Seniors’ …

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Why the triple digit increase in seniors filing for bankruptcy?

September 6, 2018 3:04 pm

by Dennis Miller A New York Times (NYT) headline blared, “Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans”. They reference a Consumer Bankruptcy Project (CBP) study, “Graying of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout from Life in a Risk Society”: “For a rapidly growing share …

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19 discounts seniors don’t know they can get

July 9, 2018 8:35 amJuly 7, 2018 10:55 pm

by Dr. Eowyn (1) Negotiate a Better Mortgage Rate With HARP Does lowering your mortgage payments, paying off your mortgage faster, and having an extra $290 a month in savings sound good to you? Then you should look into a government …

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