Poll of the Day > AARP response to 'OK Boomer': 'OK millennials. We have all the money'

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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/470321-aarp-exec-takes-apparent-swipe-at-ok-boomer-line-were-the-people-that-actually

https://www.newsweek.com/aarp-apologizes-ok-boomer-retort-says-point-divorced-its-context-social-media-brouhaha-1471670

A senior official with the AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, on Tuesday took an apparent swipe at millennials over the popular OK, boomer message, arguing that the older generations actually have the money.

"OK, millennials. But we're the people that actually have the money," Myrna Blyth, senior vice president and editorial director of AARP Media, told Axios in an interview in which she addressed the group's success with its digital and print assets.

The remarks referenced a meme that pushes back against older generations' criticism of millennials and Generation Z. The two-word refrain of "OK, Boomer" has been embedded in dozens of viral posts on platforms such as Twitter and TikTok. The line gained further attention last week after a 25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker used it to dismiss a colleague who heckled her as she spoke about climate change in Parliament.

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the fact that ok boomer seriously pisses them off is hilarious
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Then they give it away to "Mike" from the IRS in itunes gift cards.
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The boomers that I know certainly dont
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All the boomers I know are broke. They hit up their kids for money or housing.
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ExtremeLuchador posted...

All the boomers I know are broke. They hit up their kids for money or housing.

there to busy chasing survivors in left 4 dead to earn money
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ExtremeLuchador posted...

All the boomers I know are broke. They hit up their kids for money or housing.

This. Boomers are too busy leeching off of their kid's hard work because they blew all of their work going on vacations and the casino.
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That's kind of the point. "OK Boomer" took off because Millennials got tired of being condescended to by a bunch of people that had all the advantages they did, who then basically kicked the ladder down after they climbed it.

Mead posted...

The boomers that I know certainly dont

ExtremeLuchador posted...

All the boomers I know are broke. They hit up their kids for money or housing.

This and this.

If I had a dime every time a boomer uttered the words, Im on a fixed income while were negotiating... Id have enough money to retire in a much better standing than they did.

And its because of them that I contribute the most into my 401k and invest in several companies. I have vowed not to live out my last years poor af. That shit makes you cranky.
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So... they just doubled down on why young people hate old people.

They are greed stricken monsters who don't care about anything but themselves.

SMH. Ok, boomers.
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The greatest generation.
https://i.imgur.com/haQ1nWt.jpg

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

That's kind of the point. "OK Boomer" took off because Millennials got tired of being condescended to by a bunch of people that had all the advantages they did, who then basically kicked the ladder down after they climbed it.

Exactly this.

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Boomers: "We have all the money"

GenXers: "We're the ones who'll be sticking you in nursing homes."

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TonyCIifton posted...

The greatest generation.
https://i.imgur.com/haQ1nWt.jpg

Lmaooo holy fuck
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Most of the boomers I know have less money than I do. I hear a lot of pissing and moaning about how they are broke through their retirement as they collect their SSN checks that i pay into but will never get to use myself.
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I enjoy seeing Boomers and Millennials take shots at each other. It is funny that neither side can see their own flaws.
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Let's be clear; broke boomers are the ones who used their advantage to live like irresponsible hippies and now live to regret their shortsightedness.

It's the rich boomers who gamed the system and shat on everyone beneath them and have earnt our ire.
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awezomerobot posted...

I enjoy seeing Boomers and Millennials take shots at each other. It is funny that neither side can see their own flaws.

https://i.imgur.com/pH17bwd.gifv
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Mead posted...

awezomerobot posted...

I enjoy seeing Boomers and Millennials take shots at each other. It is funny that neither side can see their own flaws.

https://i.imgur.com/pH17bwd.gifv

Better than day time television.
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Ehh. As sad as the people who are bothered by it might be, the people using it in the first place are still mostly idiots themselves, so you're basically left with a fight where both sides are kind of terrible.



ExtremeLuchador posted...

All the boomers I know are broke. They hit up their kids for money or housing.

This is at least in part because most Boomers spent the early years of their life being constantly told they wouldn't have to save for retirement because social security had them covered, along with whatever pensions or retirement support they'd be getting from work. So they should spend as much as they could because it was good for the economy.

Then they got old, and most of the safety nets completely fell apart because they were little more than a pyramid scheme in the first place, and everyone panicked because they realized they were going to be fucked. Which is around the time you started hearing financial planners start talking up 401ks and saving up for retirement funds

Granted, some Boomers were clever, and some were just ruthless, and now have a lot stashed away to cover all of their worries. But most of them are just starting to hit the point where they're realizing they were lied to their entire lives and now they're kind of fucked.

Of course, since they're old, and old people vote, and politicians pander to the older demographic because they vote, expect to see more and more social programs to support the elderly get passed in the near future, which put even more tax burden onto the young, preventing Millennials from ever managing to make or save any money of their own. So who's really getting the last laugh there?
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

So who's really getting the last laugh there?

Me, because the moment they try to enact more social programs ima bounce the fuck out with their money.
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I mean, boomers just like every other generation had about 50% of the pop working at min wage or near min wage jobs, that really hasn't changed much. There was more opportunities for the OTHER 50%, but you still have tons of them who just worked full time to live paycheck to paycheck.

Meanwhile social security may still be there for them, but if I retire, I'll get a whole $1000 a month, and some get only $700. That hasn't changed much in the recent past, but cost of living sure has. You can live on $700 maybe...if you find somewhere cheap, but....try living on that while your older and have perscriptions you need to pay for etc (cause sadly it's not free in many states). If I moved back to CA i'd still be paying $300 a month for my perscriptions even with insurance for instance.

Yeah, there are way more wealthy or fairly well off boomers, that is for sure, and a ton of the millionairs (of which there are many in this country) are boomers, but.....you still have a good percentage of them who just worked hard their whole lives and are now no longer capable of doing so, and finding that living on just social security is.......maybe not impossible, but certainly a serious challenge.

Meanwhile, visit a nursing home sometime, you'll see alot of boomers in there now, and those places in general are hell. Seriously you don't want to end up in one, and it's gonna get worse the more boomers start going into them.

You should pity them honestly, not the wealthy/rich ones, but any boomers who don't have families that will support help them (or no family at all), and don't have money saved for retirement etc (Cause they worked in retail their whole lives, or at a gas station or cooked at a diner or in a warehouse etc etc).

My generation still has a good 10 years till retirement, and honestly by then it may not even exist....but at least most of us (even the older ones), have had some time to realize that if we don't save, we are seriously going to be screwed (of course with medical bills, student loans and all the other crap going on, many have no savings or are in serious debt anyway). Gen-X isn't much better off then the non-wealthy boomers (Except we have a much smaller number of wealthy/rich members), but we are going to get to see our doom by watching the boomers go through it first.

Gen-Z and Millenials may know the world is going to pot, but both are generally young enough to still enjoy life, and possibly move out of this country, save money themselves (and hopefully avoid college etc) even if it means living much more frugally (Gen-x still tended to spend money instead of save it, even if there was a surplus, in fact they generally still tended to use credit cards etc and waste money that way.....because the negative effects had not really been wide spread/known yet for their 20's and sometimes 30's).

Who is really winning?

The rich are of course. Wealthy and rich Boomers are doing good, but reaching their 60's and 70's now...medical issues etc are becoming a problem and many are in retirement communities (if they are lucky) or nursing homes (not winning at all). Gen-x can see their future, and it's not far away, and for most it does not look good at all. It's too late for most Gen-x to actually do anything about it as well, so a ton are depressed.

Millenials and Gen-z have to live in a world that is pretty depressing, but both are young enough to still enjoy it, and honestly for now....there have not been huge effects. Some are young enough to not even have student debt (or were warned about it at least), and while they pretty much know they won't be buying property, you can still live very cheap in this country if your willing to rent a room etc.

I'd say unless your wealthy, Gen-z/millenials have it the best right now, even if they do have less money on average then the older generations (that are not wealthy). Tech has advanced enough to make living cheaply easier then ever before.
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Rant ahead...we are left with all this crap my mom bought. So many stupid dishes. I am cleaning out her house. Why do people become hoarders when they get old?
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myghostisdead posted...

Rant ahead...we are left with all this crap my mom bought. So many stupid dishes. I am cleaning out her house. Why do people become hoarders when they get old?

It's not that they become hoarders, it's that many of the pieces have memories associated with them, so you don't want to just throw them out, and before you know it, you have a crap ton of stuff your carting around if you move.

Especially women, my wife had a huge amount of China from her mother, we were married 20 years and moved something like 10 times, never once used the china, it was super heavy, but she didn't want to get rid of it. Tons of stuff like that.

Some men may do it as well, but not me, I don't get attached to things, or hold on to things from relatives etc.
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myghostisdead posted...

Why do people become hoarders when they get old?

My dad has been a hoarder most his life(he's now 65). I've no idea why.
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Minimum wage used to be something that could actually help a household eke by though, even if just barely.

Nowadays it doesnt come anywhere close because of decades of Reaganonmics trickle-down BS thats channeled all the wealth up to a tiny minority of the population
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wolfy42 posted...

myghostisdead posted...

Rant ahead...we are left with all this crap my mom bought. So many stupid dishes. I am cleaning out her house. Why do people become hoarders when they get old?

It's not that they become hoarders, it's that many of the pieces have memories associated with them, so you don't want to just throw them out, and before you know it, you have a crap ton of stuff your carting around if you move.

Especially women, my wife had a huge amount of China from her mother, we were married 20 years and moved something like 10 times, never once used the china, it was super heavy, but she didn't want to get rid of it. Tons of stuff like that.

Some men may do it as well, but not me, I don't get attached to things, or hold on to things from relatives etc.

Not mom. She went to junk stores and bought stuff and just piled it in her house. I have 2 rooms of floor to ceiling Rubbermaid boxes full of things with price tags still on them. They have no sentimental value.
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Mead posted...

Minimum wage used to be something that could actually help a household eke by though, even if just barely.

Nowadays it doesnt come anywhere close because of decades of Reaganonmics trickle-down BS thats channeled all the wealth up to a tiny minority of the population

While true to some extent, there are advantages now as well.

For instance, renting a room, even back in my day, was quite difficult, and in general you needed to find roomates (usually friends) to pull it off (Splitting the rent between them etc).

With the internet and websites like craigslist etc, you can easily find a room to rent just about anywhere, and searching for apartments is easier as well.

And while the cost to actually rent them has increased drastically, so has minimum wage in many areas (most of the areas where the cost to rent has skyrocketed).

Min wage in the bay area when I was 19 was about $5....it's not $15.....now the rent has increased significantly mind you there, but you can still rent a room for $600 (which was the cost to rent a 2 bedroom in my day). We split it between 3 of us, so we paid $200 each. Renting a room could actually net you a better situation then what we had, for 3x the cost (but min wage is 3x as much). Food prices etc have not increased 3x though...so your better off over all (as long as your not trying to rent an apartment yourself at least!!).

Technology also allows people to entertain themselves very cheaply now, and to meet up without using bars etc (which can be expensive) etc. Cable even back then was expensive, but now you just need internet and you have unlimited shows to watch (with comericals) for free, or pay about $10 average a month for a streaming service (and rotate them) for unlimited shows without comercials (and movies etc).

Video games were also far more expensive over all (even if the actual cost has stayed fairly close, now you can wait to get them on sale, and even at launch often Green man gaming etc has discounts etc). Also there are basically unlimited free games to play as well (and really great ones like path of exile etc).

Books are either free (digital libraries for instance) or cheaper, with things like Amazon allowing you a pretty huge library to read for just $10 a month, and the ability to use a ton of online libraries to get even new books digitally for free.

Some things do cost more, buying property is insanely expensive at this point for instance, but you can live a pretty good life with a min wage 20 hour a week job in many areas (even NY although not in Manhatten unless your seriously lucky...but you can in brooklyn easily).

As an example my friend rents a room for $590 in brooklyn, doesn't have a car (not worth it) and spends about $800 total a month. He can easily make that working 20 hours a week, and actually save money as well. He had a job paying $17 an hour for awhile and was saving $1000 a month (just a basic warehouse type job pretty much).

Could you do that back in my day? Not sure in Brooklyn, but yeah, you could probably make it work in the bay area, but 20*5$=$100 a week......and the cost for food (they have 1$ slices of pizza in NY right now for instance) hasn't increased that much. It's actually often easier to live while working min wage jobs today, then it was in the 90s.
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'lol ur poor'

Well, I don't have a good comeback for that
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Millennials are too busy shitposting on Twitter to have any money.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

This is at least in part because most Boomers spent the early years of their life being constantly told they wouldn't have to save for retirement because social security had them covered, along with whatever pensions or retirement support they'd be getting from work.

That, and Boomers were told Jesus would return and the world would end before they died, so why bother planning for the future?
>_>

wolfy42 posted...

Who is really winning?

The rich are of course.

And this this this. The only people who truly benefit from the current system are the people who are already filthy stinking rich, and will only get richer as a result.

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Aggressive anal role play?

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Ogurisama posted...

Aggressive anal role play?

Not sure what this is, but it sounds interesting.
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Yes, you do have all the money, Boomers.
Because you've spent the last few decades running up the country's debt to obscene levels that will collapse on themselves, just to finance cushier life styles and lower taxes for yourselves, all of which we will have to pay for.

That's kind of one of the (there's a fair few!) main reasons we hate you. Way to point it out for us!

I've never seen boomers Boomer out on someone who didn't legitimately deserve it.

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HornedLion posted...

This and this.

If I had a dime every time a boomer uttered the words, Im on a fixed income while were negotiating... Id have enough money to retire in a much better standing than they did.

And its because of them that I contribute the most into my 401k and invest in several companies. I have vowed not to live out my last years poor af. That shit makes you cranky.

"Fixed income" doesn't necessarily mean broke though.

It literally just means it's not going up. I've had a dude with a network of over $200k tell me he's on a "fixed income".

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wolfy42 posted...

Not sure what this is, but it sounds interesting.

Well, on random chats, Roleplays are sexual chats that both parties are making a story as you go.
With Aggressive anal, just what do you think?

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Ogurisama posted...

wolfy42 posted...

Not sure what this is, but it sounds interesting.

Well, on random chats, Roleplays are sexual chats that both parties are making a story as you go.
With Aggressive anal, just what do you think?

Need examples.
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Ogurisama posted...

wolfy42 posted...

Not sure what this is, but it sounds interesting.

Well, on random chats, Roleplays are sexual chats that both parties are making a story as you go.
With Aggressive anal, just what do you think?

Didn't know about the roleplays being sexual chats, now it makes sense.

Not really into roleplaying over the internet/phone though......sexual roleplaying in real life on the other hand is fun.

Man, puts a whole new meaning to me saying roleplaying games are my favorite now.......
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Krow_Incarnate posted...

HornedLion posted...

This and this.

If I had a dime every time a boomer uttered the words, Im on a fixed income while were negotiating... Id have enough money to retire in a much better standing than they did.

And its because of them that I contribute the most into my 401k and invest in several companies. I have vowed not to live out my last years poor af. That shit makes you cranky.

"Fixed income" doesn't necessarily mean broke though.

It literally just means it's not going up. I've had a dude with a network of over $200k tell me he's on a "fixed income".

Yeah, I know one boomer who is going to make over $100k a year once he retires (worked at IBM 20+ years for full retirement and then Hitachi Global etc for long enough to get another + gets his wifes retirement etc). Still that is certainly the minority of boomers.
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Boomers being so triggered over being called what they actually are is absolutely hilarious. They can't cope with being ashamed over their failure so hate being reminded of it which is the word boomer itself xD

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Revelation34 posted...

Need examples.

Well I cant really provide examples on here without getting modded

wolfy42 posted...

Didn't know about the roleplays being sexual chats, now it makes sense.

Not really into roleplaying over the internet/phone though......sexual roleplaying in real life on the other hand is fun.

Man, puts a whole new meaning to me saying roleplaying games are my favorite now.......

There are SFW kinds also, but when I see it online, I always assume its sexual (unless otherwaise stated or is part of a game)

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Bulbasaur posted...

the fact that ok boomer seriously pisses them off is hilarious

Pretty much.
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Krow_Incarnate posted...

"Fixed income" doesn't necessarily mean broke though.

It literally just means it's not going up. I've had a dude with a networth of over $200k tell me he's on a "fixed income".

A net worth of $200k+ (and since you said $200k, that implies it's not $300k, and most likely not $250k) is not that much in the US. If he owns a house, that likely means he has under $100k of liquid assets. Even if that $100k is getting a 10% return, it's only producing $10k income every year. I believe that's under the poverty level. So, while he's not broke right now, there's a pretty good chance he will be relatively soon if he doesn't get some new source of income. He could very well be living entirely off of social security.
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Blaqthourne posted...

Krow_Incarnate posted...

"Fixed income" doesn't necessarily mean broke though.

It literally just means it's not going up. I've had a dude with a networth of over $200k tell me he's on a "fixed income".

A net worth of $200k+ (and since you said $200k, that implies it's not $300k, and most likely not $250k) is not that much in the US. If he owns a house, that likely means he has under $100k of liquid assets. Even if that $100k is getting a 10% return, it's only producing $10k income every year. I believe that's under the poverty level. So, while he's not broke right now, there's a pretty good chance he will be relatively soon if he doesn't get some new source of income. He could very well be living entirely off of social security.

Lol.
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Revelation34 posted...

Blaqthourne posted...

Krow_Incarnate posted...

"Fixed income" doesn't necessarily mean broke though.

It literally just means it's not going up. I've had a dude with a networth of over $200k tell me he's on a "fixed income".

A net worth of $200k+ (and since you said $200k, that implies it's not $300k, and most likely not $250k) is not that much in the US. If he owns a house, that likely means he has under $100k of liquid assets. Even if that $100k is getting a 10% return, it's only producing $10k income every year. I believe that's under the poverty level. So, while he's not broke right now, there's a pretty good chance he will be relatively soon if he doesn't get some new source of income. He could very well be living entirely off of social security.

Lol.

I don't get it. What's funny about that?
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"Networth" was the wrong word.

He was going from bringing in $800k a year to $200k on his fixed income.

This was a conversation I had with someone during last year's open enrollment, so I'm a little fuzzy on the details. But he was pretty cozy.

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And millenials ridicule boomers for being upset about "ok boomer" and then proceed to be enraged about this one off joke comment. The lack of self awareness on both sides is hilarious.

Blaqthourne posted...

Revelation34 posted...

Blaqthourne posted...

Krow_Incarnate posted...

"Fixed income" doesn't necessarily mean broke though.

It literally just means it's not going up. I've had a dude with a networth of over $200k tell me he's on a "fixed income".

A net worth of $200k+ (and since you said $200k, that implies it's not $300k, and most likely not $250k) is not that much in the US. If he owns a house, that likely means he has under $100k of liquid assets. Even if that $100k is getting a 10% return, it's only producing $10k income every year. I believe that's under the poverty level. So, while he's not broke right now, there's a pretty good chance he will be relatively soon if he doesn't get some new source of income. He could very well be living entirely off of social security.

Lol.

I don't get it. What's funny about that?

A networth of 200k is enough to retire easily especially with about $1k a month from social security as well.

Your not rich, but you also won't need to spend less then $2k a month even if you live into your 90s (and your starting at a min of 60...so 30 years).

For 30 years though (just say you live that much longer after retirement), you really want at least 400k minimum to leave a fairly normal/comfortable life, near a large city etc (or not moving away from family friends etc).

That is why Gen X is so screwed, a MUCH larger percentage of boomers have at least that much in assets right now at retirement age. As bad as it is for people in the 35-55 age range right now (gen X primarily), it's going to be much worse for those who are 18-35 when they finally retire since very few of them actually own property etc that they can sell for large amounts of money in order to retire.

While the leading edge of Gen-xers (those who are about 5 years older then me etc), will be able to get social security in 5 years or so....and it will probably still be around by then, anyone my age or younger (still a large portion of my generation) are probably not going to see much if any return from social security, and it's highly doubtful that if we do, the amount will increase with the cost of living.

Higher minimum wage may sound like a good thing, but it leaves though on a fixed income out in the cold, often literally, because in general a higher min wage increases the base cost of everything in the area, usually (hopefully) less then the increase in min wage boosts purchasing power, but it just plain out hurts anyone on social security or disability or other forms of fixed incomes.

Before min wage went up in washington, even just in the last 5 years here, the cost of living/renting was almost half what it is now.....yet the amount retired people get a month has not gone up at all.

I won't actually qualify for SS for another 10 years, unless I get qualified as disabled....and the amount I'll be eligable for (barely 1k), will be worth much less then it is now. I'm planning for that by trying to live on an $800 budget a month now...and hopefully I'll be able to keepthat up if I get SS later (if it's even still around).
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