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dixiegrrrrl

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6. Damn...I had forgotten he was the one.

Reply to stopbush (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:31 PM

Aug 2019

The good news is that the tax rate doesn't apply, after deductions, to those of us who have small enough checks.
Us Boomers are gonna be the last of that program, I fear.

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I read the other day about the increase in suicides among the elderly. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2019 #4

Let's not forget that SS benefits were not taxed until Ronald Reagan decided stopbush Aug 2019 #5

Damn...I had forgotten he was the one. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2019 #6

Hmmm. 85% of my Social Security check of $1683/mo is taxed progree Aug 2019 #7