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Comment on No 2010 COLA Increase in Social Security - Is “Stimulus” Payment an End Run on the System by paraplegic

paraplegic — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:49:19 +0000

problem is formula does not accurately represent the cost of living for the majority of seniors living primarily off of social security. i live pretty much the same from month to month. Same grocery list, same utility bills, same bus fare, same medical needs, samo, samo, samo. I know my dollars do not go as far as they did this time last year. Electric rates are up. Prescription drugs are up. Copay at the Dr. is up. Dental cleaning is up. Same bag of groceries is up, up, up, up. Maybe the price of a Lexus is down,or a Cruise to the Med. is down, but these aren’t on my survival list. So lets spend less time on $250.00 here and there, and 2% one year, 3% the next, 1.5% the next and the 5.8% and then nothing and lets get the powers to be to address the real the problem. The CPI-W just doesn’t work. I am not a clerical worker. I am a retired veteran who deserves more.

Comment on Top 10 Trends for Active Adult Communities in 2009 by Eydie

Eydie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:23:04 +0000

How can oppression of the more active working neighbors by the more elderly
retired neighbors be dealt with? The Actvities, and board meetings in my situation are almost entirely scheduled in such a way to eliminate participation by the younger still working people here. The worst is that
the best community room is shut down at 8 PM on Saturaday. This betrayal of our dues and our needs is justified by the board because church is being held the next morning. Church is held at 10:00. Ridiculously they refuse to hire someone to prepare the room on Sunday morning, and are content to treat us like children instead. They use our HOA fees to fund their programs and restrct our. I want a coopertive community and will continue supporting the elders. This should be more reciprocal.

Are there ways to make HOA structures more fair to all. Are there ways to
stop the oppression? Thanks for any info you can send me. Eydie

Comment on 10 Tips to Consider Before Retiring Abroad by Admin

Admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:42:43 +0000

These comments were made by Teak on City-Data forum about this list:
“Using these 10 criteria, I can say that Malaysia is a plus in all columns except for #2: Living far away from friends and family. Any trip back to the USA will be expensive since it entails at least 5 flights, one-way, for me. Five airline tickets. Expensive.

In Malaysia, there is no need to live in a gated enclave. Neither is there widespread poverty. One is not really welcome to become a Permanent Resident, but the government has made it fairly easy to obtain a retirement visa (good for up to 10 years at a time).”

Comment on 10 Tips to Consider Before Retiring Abroad by Doro

Doro — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:47:50 +0000

Thanks for the informative article.

Comment on No 2010 COLA Increase in Social Security - Is “Stimulus” Payment an End Run on the System by papajuan

papajuan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:27:05 +0000

You have to see today’s NY Times “Economic Scene” column by David Leonhardt. He poses the question, if you wanted to use the $250 grant to help one group of people who would it be: teenagers and young adults, the unemployed, taxpayers of the future, or the group that survived the last depression? He quotes Rosanne Altshuler of the Tax Payer Center that the proposed $250 checks “seem to be pure pandering to seniors”. Even some of the President’s economic advisors seem to think this is a nutty idea.

Comment on The Affordable (and more) Best Places to Retire List by Kay Keller

Kay Keller — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:25:20 +0000

I would like to read more of some affordable communities with rental properties, not necessarily lifetime communities. What is manufactured housing and is it rentable? It seems that the emphasis is on buying a house, but I would like to rent before I buy.

Comment on 10 Tips to Consider Before Retiring Abroad by Forbes Top Ten Foreign Retirement Destinations - Page 2 - City-Data Forum

Forbes Top Ten Foreign Retirement Destinations - Page 2 - City-Data Forum — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:39:08 +0000

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Forbes Top Ten Foreign Retirement Destinations - City-Data Forum — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:16:57 +0000

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Comment on The Affordable (and more) Best Places to Retire List by » Who Puts Out the Wackiest Best Places to Retire List? Topretirements

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