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To: SteveH

A $125 dollar stipend, what an insult.

That is almost as insulting as Social Security paying out $250 dollars for a burial.


4 posted on 10/22/2013 12:50:13 PM PDT by Venturer (Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
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To: Venturer

> “That is almost as insulting as Social Security paying out $250 dollars for a burial.”

Why should Social Security pay anything for a funeral?


13 posted on 10/22/2013 1:15:18 PM PDT by jim_trent
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To: Venturer
A $125 dollar stipend, what an insult.

Later in the article, it was clarified that the $125 stipend was a monthly amount which would equal $1500 per year. From the article:

The retired workers receiving the $125 monthly stipend in place of full benefits could still be eligible for subsidies under the ACA ...

21 posted on 10/22/2013 2:32:16 PM PDT by etcb
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To: Venturer
That is almost as insulting as Social Security paying out $250 dollars for a burial.

$255, IIRC.

33 posted on 10/22/2013 3:22:00 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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