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re: Confession of a 47%er
Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:00 am to northshorebamaman
Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:00 am to northshorebamaman
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I'm 35. It's a combination of injuries. I was medically retired. edit-I feel like I should add that I don't feel guilty. Just it's a lot of money is all.
Sorry. Don't count, you earned that.
You had a contract with the taxpayers when you joined up. You are now cashing in that on that agreement. However, you are correct. You get lumped into the 47%. It's a misleading number just as many the dem's use are. You're taxes were paid in blood, sweat and tears. If for mandatory service for all btw. 2-3 years after highschool.
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:02 am to SmackoverHawg
Not enough info provided in op
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:28 am to northshorebamaman
How is your disability non-taxable? I was on it For 4 yrs and iit was taxable! So yours isn't?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 11:23 am to northshorebamaman
Thank you for serving our country . I never feel a disable vet is overpaid.
Semper Fi
Semper Fi
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:37 pm to northshorebamaman
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Not looking to make a point, or 'play gotcha'. Just wondering what the average taxpayer thinks
THe avereage taxpayer thinks the 47% are leeches because Mitt says so.
The average taxpayer also has had some point in their adult lives when then were IN the 47% - but that's not relevant. All that matter is those leaches!
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:40 pm to 756
I've got mixed feelings about this. I had two friends who spent a little time in the service, never abroad and ended up cashing in on the benefits. One had some parasite which prevented him from being stationed overseas, the other hurt his knee during exercises for the marine corps. Both were going to school when I went back, both were living better than I was and I was going to school full time and working full time.
They also convinced some other ex service guys to cash in as well. They got tuition paid, computers, housing allowance, disability, and all kind of other perks. Neither were really disabled, they just found an out of the service and a cash cow.
Both ended up working for the federal govt later in life, and I learned not to let this stuff bother me too much.
They also convinced some other ex service guys to cash in as well. They got tuition paid, computers, housing allowance, disability, and all kind of other perks. Neither were really disabled, they just found an out of the service and a cash cow.
Both ended up working for the federal govt later in life, and I learned not to let this stuff bother me too much.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:40 pm to SpidermanTUba
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The average taxpayer also has had some point in their adult lives when then were IN the 47%
How can this be??? I thought mobility wasn't possible due to people like mitt Romney??
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:49 pm to SpidermanTUba
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The average taxpayer also has had some point in their adult lives when then were IN the 47% -
So you're firmly in the camp that our system is working and people are moving up the socioeconomic ladder.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:50 pm to SpidermanTUba
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THe avereage taxpayer thinks the 47% are leeches because Mitt says so.
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All that matter is those leaches!
Douche troll got so damn excited that his spelling and grammar when haywire.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:37 pm to RD Dawg
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So BOTH of you are on SSDI and early retirement?
WTF? And BOTH are on the GI bill?
What % is from each if that is the case?
Were you injured in combat service?
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So BOTH of you are on SSDI and early retirement?
WTF? And BOTH are on the GI bill?
What % is from each if that is the case?
Were you injured in combat service?
Neither of us collect SSI, only I'm retired. We are both rated disabled, she has a fairly low rating, I have a high one. The injuries for both of us are combat related. I receive an additional stipend for that. We're both on the GI Bill. Why wouldn't we be? We payed into it.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:40 pm to real
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How is your disability non-taxable? I was on it For 4 yrs and iit was taxable! So yours isn't?
I believe if your rating is 80% or above, it's non-taxable. I'll have to double check. I've got to get to class, but I'll answer the other questions tonight.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:43 pm to northshorebamaman
what are you and your wife studying?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:48 pm to a want
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It always boggles my mind how peoople suggest you're somehow "undeserving" in a situation like this. They had the same chances to sign up as you.
You might have the ability to "sign up" for something, or it might be available to you. This doesn't mean that you are deserving.
We have millions of undeserving fricks taking shite for which they "signed up".
I have little doubt I could qualify for disability, but I know I don't deserve it, so I won't be signing up.
And no, the OP doesn't "deserve" $90,000 a year. That's absurd.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:57 pm to northshorebamaman
As I see it, the real problem is the OP's Bama affiliation.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:55 pm to DR Hops
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So do you work for that 90k, or are you getting 90k through pensions, disability, etc...
No, that 90k is completely comprised of benefits, entitlements, whatever you want to call them. This will go down quite a bit when we get out of school. While we're in school we get 3k a month for housing allowance
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Also, does your disability prevent you from being able to work? Is your wife also disabled? A lot of questions are out there in order to form an honest opinion.
Yes, I can work, but I'm a full-time student at the moment. My wife is also disabled, but with a lower rating.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:58 pm to real
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How is your disability non-taxable? I was on it For 4 yrs and iit was taxable! So yours isn't?
I looked it up. It's not based on percentages, it's because they are combat related.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 6:00 pm to C
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what are you and your wife studying?
It'll just make you angry.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 6:01 pm to northshorebamaman
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It'll just make you angry
Damn you! Why waste your time and our money!!?!?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 6:03 pm to C
Because I'm retired and won't have any student loan debt. It frees me up to follow my interests. I'm also not getting raped by healthcare.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 6:06 pm to northshorebamaman
90 grand in the clear is like 130k in real earnings.
that's about double that of the National average household income... and you're students not employees.
So yes it's on the high side by a substantial margin.
What are you going to do after you graduate?
Thanks for serving!
that's about double that of the National average household income... and you're students not employees.
So yes it's on the high side by a substantial margin.
What are you going to do after you graduate?
Thanks for serving!
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 6:06 pm
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