I’ve been working and paying into Social Security for over 40 years, and there’s no way I’m waiting any longer to take it. I’m grabbing it early-might as well take the sure thing. At this point, I’m all about investing in myself and putting money into the market. Over the years, I’ve learned that building real wealth comes from making smart investments.
Yes, building wealth comes from making smart investments. Having a mentor is really important. It can be tough to find someone experienced, but it’s a wise decision if you're not familiar with the market.
I agree completely. I’m 60 years old, recently retired, with about $1.95 million in non-retirement investments. I have no debt, but not much in my retirement accounts compared to the rest of my portfolio from the past few years. Honestly, you can’t ignore financial advisors, just take the time to find a good one you can trust.
My husband and i just had a relative conversation this morning. This is exactly how we wish to get our finances coordinated ahead of retirement. Can I get access to your advisor?
They have not represented the general populace for over 100 years. How do you explain all at the millionaires in congress, insider trading, its all about, influence, elites, C.A.B.A.L., lobbyists, money, money, money for me, me, me. So disgusted.
The sad thing is they give us more money. Then prices for things go up and that defeats the purpose of the increase of money. So it really is not helping.
Rent and utilities bills shouldn’t be so high you government and president, Joe Biden, don’t never care about homeless people or nobody the government should pay more and lower the rent prices and bills
That’s only $30 more a month. Big deal! Everyday, prices go up in grocery stores, at the gas pump, my rent went up $36 a month and I’m on a disability. One day, my younger sister offered to take me in to live with her, in the event I lose my apartment. I pray, the Good Lord will take me home soon before our already troubled world gets much worse.
Amen to that 2 years and8 months I been sleeping in my car working partime still don't have enough. Money to pay high rent why get a place if u don't have money 2 pay the rent for a year then be kicked out streets I'm 67 years old if I move in housing socialsecurity raise want benefit me because housing will take for rent then u right back out street family will use u for few dollars then want u out
@@sheilaharris787u need to get out of america and go live in athird world country such as mexico panama costarica or Colúmbia Your pension money in other words your SS money when convert in the currency local shoud be more than enough to have a descent life
They need to raise it by 10 percent every year and actually account for the prices of rents and mortgages and not just goods and services they act like people dont need a place to live geez
Yep business figure oh the got more money let's raise the cost of things. I hate it I became paralyzed 2 yrs ago and now my husband basically has to stay home to care for me we have 3 kids 2 who have the same health issues I do nf1 one is basically blind in one of their eyes and the other has hearing issues in the right ear or oldest got lucky and don't have the health issues. But has mental health issues.
The average person on SSI or SSDI is barely making it. They don’t qualify for food stamps or barely get any. I think if your on disability the government should automatically give you snap to the disabled no matter what your income is from them. Obviously you disabled for a reason. They should not have to decide with their disability check if I’m buying groceries or paying for my medication or not pay rent because it is not enough. A increase makes you also loose all other benefits.
Exactly 💯, I have walked away from Marriage twice because I can't afford to get off disability I try to see if I can't and I want to get married but they want to penalize disabled people from having equal rights and Mary and that you would have to live off of what your spouse makes you would lose all your benefits the little scrap of money you do get from the government and you're going to go right into poverty further and it's intentional by this government it's like the Eugenics program in the 1950s and 30s they want to sterilize us what better way to do that then increase something and then take away something and then make you feel like you have to depend on them and then threaten you with penalties and other stuff if you dare to get married and if you dare to want to get off disability and it's really a shame how they treat us and until these penalties for our ability to save up with what we're only allowed to make a month and until the marriage cap that is inequality that is degrading and humiliating and undermines disabled people's right to have ability to forward to get married without losing their benefits a little scrappy get from the government which is a joke there's no quality in this country and until the wage cap that we're putting a pressed with by this government that says we can only make a certain amount a month you can't live off of so it's intentional again to keep you from getting married it's still oppression by this government towards people who are disabled and it's disgusting what our government does let's give a quart to certain groups to Mary and have kids adopt but oh wait we still are not going to let that happen with disabled people cuz we don't want that it's no different than the sterilization program back in the day is just through a means of manipulating and pulling strings and red tape and caps and penalties put on disabled people to prevent them having an equal right to live equal right to Mary and and having a life with respect and dignity to us it's taken away from us
My increased homeowners insurance and electrical bills will eat that up fast. An election is coming up soon. The President has to sign a bigger increase than 3%
Both my auto insurance and homeowners doubled this year. My 3 year 11 Cent KWH electricity contract is up in January 24. Looking at 15+ per kWh, insane.
Social Security is giving out a massive raise in 2024 of a whole $30.00 on average. Of course part B is going up 10 bucks and plan G will automatically go up and of course all that massive increase is taxable.
I’m blessed my husband’s insurance reimburse him for my Medicare premium. He even ended up getting $257 added to his pension. When I started Medicare. I should have switched years ago. I started receiving SSDI at age 50.
Great, just great. Every time SS is raised, SNAP benefits are lowered. Last time they did this, SNAP went from $148/mo to $88/mo or roughly $2.90/day. Can't wait for the changes, whoopee! May be able to eat once a week. SMH
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Congrats. Your ability to control the whole risk profile of your investments and prevent irreversible capital loss will be your actual financial unlock. A plan must be in place to take advantage of opportunities to profit when they arise.
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According to the gas pump we should be getting a 50% increase in SS. Cost of living for low-income people is so noticeable that I need to gage my gas tank before I head off to the USDA for low income food.
SS age should be raised from 62 to 65 so we can give more money to the people of the Ukraine. Seniors in the US should not be supported by their children
How is this possible ? Why are you collecting ssi and working ? Anyone on needs based or ssi disabitly with medical care cannot have more than $2k at a time .they literally tell us we are not allowed to save $
I have been on SSDI since awarded both SSI & SSDI in 2006. Of course, the lesser of the payout was granted. The COLA, was usually 30-40 increase, then for 6 yrs. nothing. Then started again getting the 30-40 increase, but every yr. housing rent increase took that and more of income. Didn't matter how much, 1, 2 or 3 percent increase in my SSDI it was not helping with cost of living. My monthly income is far below the poverty income level for the year. But if I change from SSDI to collect SSI retirement, I'd get $ 100 less. Sucks that a person can't draw both.
Whoopie 3.2% increase well that means snap benefits decreases or may lose snap because 3.2 % increase put you over your maximum income to qualify, medicare part B increases, if in subsidized or section 8 housing rent increases. So there u have it folks. Smh
Yeah.... with constant price gouging now any small increase like 3% will never begin to cover this price gouging ....and retired people will now be squeezed even further. Any millennial who thinks they have it rough now have no idea how we are being screwed as more and more money is being given to the very wealthy. By the time millennials retire they will have to live on stale bread and water as they are oblivious to the world they are building for themselves
I save save save but something comes to take it. Like car ins house ins taxes work we have hire done cause my husband can’t do it any more. He use do all that not now
Last year they raised it $40. And because of that, I lost my $200 in food stamps. Because they never raise that amount You're allowed to make so I got screwed Out of $160. Now they are raising at forty dollars more and because of this I will now lose my $230 a month for low-income. Because now I'm above low-income. Because they never raise that bracket whenever they give out. These raises this should be illegal. So I got an extra eighty dollars but lost four hundred and thirty dollars. Because I'm no longer in that bracket. Because they say you can make up to 1500 a month. I am not allowed to work neither so this all comes from the state. So you go above that now? You don't qualify because they never bother to raise the other bracket. So now all the old people and disabled people get screwed. I also have to pay for things now that I used to get for free because I was considered low income. They never raise the low-income bracket so they can screw people out of the money and I paid for this I'm on SSDI I worked For this money they're screwing me out of. I'm not on ssi taking a free ride.
Social Security: Gave a raise of 2.3% to the Americans across the board! According to the polls the cost of living went up 7.8% according to the stats! So example if you had a $908 monthly check you received a raise of $21 that does NOT come out to 7.8 to compensate for the rise in cost of living! The amount of the raise to compensate for the rise of the cost of living should have been $71. 00 Not the insulting $21.00 2.3% raise to the rise of living 7.8 insulting Ukraine unfortunately got it!
I keep getting my comment deleted when I point out that El Senor Trumpo gave me a $112 a month raise after 10 months while Obummer gave me a $12 a month raise over 8 years. Guess RU-vid does have a socialist agenda. Anyone reading this please repost it.
3% is only slightly less of a slap in the face as 2.7%…… SSA is a promise to workers. And, in usual form, the federal government is breaking their promise. The 160k / 9k cap must be raised. Even if 6% is too much for Republican congressmen and corporate billionaires to pay, even a 3% increase by everyone making over 160k would give seniors, veterans and the disabled a dignified standard of living. And, before some halfwit comments about “you should have had your 401k supplement your retirement”, remember what happened in 2008? My wife’s 403B has never recovered from that hit. She went from 200k in her account to 42k. In a matter of months. In a nation that sees unions as evil, and pensions are just a fairy tale, SSA is the only backstop MOST Americans have to keep from dying penniless, on the street. We must do better. Our wealthy got wealthy by the grace of living in THIS nation. Time to give back.
So the ss goes up and fs go down. Ridiculous to say the least. They need to stop this. They wonder why the people on ss are getting more and more angry? They know, but they could care less.
SOMEONE HELP ME LEARN 🙏🙏🙏IF This includes????? SSI SSDI Soc sec retirement All gets.a raise amyone help amd tell me 😢😊 Ty God bless you and yours ALWAYS ❤❤❤
Oooooooooooooo a whole 3 percent will DEFINITELY help with the THREE HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASES IN RENT AND FOOD! Oh and when they cut the food stmps because you got an "increase" it'll be AWESOME cuz you earned exactly ZERO percent increase! WOOT!
Talk about the social security collection letter for overpayment and then increase ??? This may be wrong also. Saving written docs doesnt save you? We have a big problem with this administration.
Wow!!!!! $1.50 per day. Look out World, we on ss retirement benefits are about to take over the state of despair waiting on government to raise everyone out of poverty at a minimum at least.
Here in Florida a six pak of cherry pepsi in plastic bottle $9.95. It was $8.75. How is inflation gone down? Biden keeps saying it's down. No it is not....
What gets me any any politician that advocates for decreasing SSA should be made public furthermore each and every single person in America should ask why is billions n billions being spent on non Americans n at same time talk bout cutting benefits from those who paid into this fund! Y not impose a percentage of any foreign aid any defense budget and or bailouts be placed in a fund for SSA n these funds should not to be used for anything for a period of 5 years at which time increases be awarded dental n eye care to those on SSA !? If one is serious bout providing for the elderly this should be done immediately! Furthermore a percentage of campaign funds should also be set aside for these benefits