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(27%) of new retirees say their monthly checks are less than they expected.

We all get a statement every year stating exactly how much we can expect from SS. It cost millions of dollars to send this out. Started under Clinton.

So what is the deal with this 27%?

3 posted on 04/25/2018 11:39:59 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)

So what is the deal with this 27%?

Not everybody is literate I suppose. Or they have learning disabilities. Or they're Democrats. The most likely scenario is all three.

7 posted on 04/25/2018 11:42:43 AM PDT by BipolarBob (All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.)

27% is right around the same % that make up the Democrat Party’s die hard voter base.

14 posted on 04/25/2018 11:46:25 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)

I read and track that annual statement. Why would anyone approach retirement without finding out what their assets and expected income are?

41 posted on 04/25/2018 12:12:20 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")

We all get a statement every year stating exactly how much we can expect from SS. It cost millions of dollars to send this out. Started under Clinton.

They don't even do that any more. The statements are available at any time on line, you just need to have a login. Everybody should know exactly what they can expect to get when they retire.

43 posted on 04/25/2018 12:15:22 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Formerly SandyInSeattle cuz I moved!)

So what is the deal with this 27%?

Half the population is below average. Never forget this simple fact.

64 posted on 04/25/2018 1:26:39 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)

We all get a statement every year stating exactly how much we can expect from SS. It cost millions of dollars to send this out. Started under Clinton.
So what is the deal with this 27%?
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It used to be that there was always “10% who wouldn’t get the word”. Now it’s 27% — the leftists’ “education” objectives are being met. They’re succeeding in dumbing down the American populous.

80 posted on 04/26/2018 1:34:04 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)

We all get a statement every year stating exactly how much we can expect from SS. It cost millions of dollars to send this out. Started under Clinton. So what is the deal with this 27%?

Maybe it's the same 27% who believe in socialism, unicorns, and happy illegals who are grateful... In short, the 'stupid' ones - the snowflakes...

82 posted on 04/26/2018 8:06:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (Andrew McCabe ex-cop - and a pretty one at that- prison's not going to be much fun - KurtSchlichter)