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Sharon MachlisI’m in the midst of a big contrast in retirement weeks at the moment. This past week: Some fun events! (when I’m not following current events) Next week: Not so much. <a href="https://nextchapter.machlis.com/posts/2025-04-06-a-couple-of-contrasting-retirement-weeks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nextchapter.machlis.com/posts/2025-04-06-a-couple-of-contrasting-retirement-weeks/</a> <a href="https://masto.machlis.com/tags/NextChapter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NextChapter</a> <a href="https://masto.machlis.com/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a>

GuyC59On this Day in Social Security History:<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurityat90</a>  <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StrongerTogether</a>4/5/1935 The US House of Representatives began debate on The Social Security Act of 1935. More: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/senate35.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ssa.gov/history/senate35.html</a> 4/5/1944 The United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, held that money paid to a widow, after the death of her wage-earner husband pursuant to a back-pay award by the National Labor Relations Board entered after the wage earner's death, did not constitute wages as defined in the original Social Security Act because it was not remuneration for employment. More on, Social Security and Vulnerable Groups—Policy Options to Aid Widows: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46182" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46182</a> 4/5/1948, President Truman vetoed H.R. 5052, a bill to exclude vendors of newspapers and magazines from social security coverage. More: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/v11n7p3.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/v11n7p3.pdf</a>   More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ssa.gov/history</a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSAHistGWC</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialinsurance</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicare</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unemployment</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insurance</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewDeal</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSDI</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OASDI</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equity</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a> Social Security Administration

Kent Pitman(continued from previous post on thread)This topic is very apropos in the current market. We may be about to enter another recession, perhaps a depression. 401K's are down. So the claim that we could do better investing on our own is uncertain, but is again certainly going to test a lot of ordinary citizens, postponing their ability to retire. And I emphasize that the choice f when to retire is not just a whim. Even ignoring age discrimination, age wears on a person, and some people do physical jobs (read: ACTUAL hard work, as opposed to metaphorically hard work done by rich executives) that leave them depleted. So delayed retirement is not just an inconvenience, it is in some cases torture and in some cases impossible.But even as we are potentially entering a depression, the billionaires are salivating. They are looking forward to "buying low". They're treating this roller coaster as a buying opportunity. They plan to get rich on this depression. Even as others suffer and probably many die. They are gleeful.This is the time when Social Security should be doubling down and assuring people it will increase benefits to cover rising costs (although it wouldn't be terrible if we just impeached the President who's causing those rising costs artificially with tariffs that really no sane business people think are a good idea). Because Social Security is again a contract with the population about what our priority is. And if we need more money, we should be bumping the tax on those gleeful about what a great buying opportunity this is.They, the rich, would probably whine that this singles them out. That people are jealous. No one should stand for such rhetoric. The ones making the noise did not get their power by dealing honorably with us citizens. This is not jealousy speaking, it is a desire for justice. Be glad I'm not suggesting (as some are) that we just eat the rich and be done with it. Proper taxation of accumulated wealth (not just income) works for me. No one needs that much money anyway. It's CLEAR from their observed behavior that one can only buy so many gold toilet seats before one starts to wonder what the point of excess riches is, and really it seems the only thing that one can find to spend such wealth on is buying governments. And then, apparently, running them badly and cruelly. No, I'm not going to feel sorry about suggesting taxation.2/2 (probably the end)<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privatization</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialContract</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequality</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SafetyNets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SafetyNets</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/401K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#401K</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RetirementSavings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetirementSavings</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AntiPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiPoverty</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dignity</a>

Kent PitmanI often hear people say that Social Security should be eliminated, that we'd do better with our own 401K's.There are a lot of problems with that argument.First, it turns us into gamblers. The argument is that people could invest their money better. Maybe. But they can also invest their money worse. So it's a very uneven policy. And that is ultimately cruel. That's just gambling, and experience shows that gamblers are often a lot more confident than is warranted.The sociopaths among us often say, "Too bad. Individuals should take responsibility for their lack of saving. It's not my fault that some people don't plan." Those same people, though, are telling us that we should eliminate the minimum wage, that if the market doesn't want to pay someone enough to even live, why should it have to. So exactly where is the savings supposed to come from? On the one side, people work hard for hardly any money. On the other side, they're told their failure to save is a moral failing. Where is the discussion of moral failing in having more money than God and still being unwilling to help raise people out of poverty? That seems the biggest moral failing.Moreover, a lot of what makes the difference in who succeeds or fails is one's parents. Dynastic fortunes. Better schools. Better connections. Sometimes even just better health or better clothing. The narrative is spun that the rich worked hard for their money, but in my experience, poor people work much harder for the scraps they are thrown than rich people ever do, and the notion of "meritocracy" is nonsense because the people who get ahead are just those who get to start ahead of the others. But while on the topic of morality, let's also look at the structure of Social Security itself. People like to compare it to a 401K, but it's not like that. It's not a bank account. It's a very different beast.As an example, you become suddenly unable to work, it kicks in right away, even if you didn't pay for a long time. That's very different than a bank account. If you live a long time, it continues to pay you. There may be issues with cost of living adjustments, but the only reason we don't do those more often is that the aforementioned rich sociopaths insist it's better to give tax breaks to the wealthy. They'll tell you that Social Security is intended only to supplement your retirement, not to be the full amount, and yet they'll back penalties for trying to draw money out of Social Security if you're also getting other income. That's not really how supplements work, and it's a disincentive to additional work.But my point is that the contract is not for a specific quantity of money. It is a social contract, that you pay into it while you're able and you are paid when you're not able. We could do better on the getting paid part, but the point is for it to keep you from falling into poverty, to add dignity.It's worth noting that Social Security did not arise in a vacuum. While people COULD invest their money, a lot of people didn't, or else were losers in that gambling. Before Social Security, in the 1930s, the elderly poverty rate in the depression was something like 70%. So there is an objective way to understand what this did for the public. Some have called it the most successful anti-poverty program in the history of the US.And if we were really worried that investing in the market were a better bet, we could arrange for the Social Security trust fund to do that. That's just an implementation detail and has nothing to do with the overall social promise. If DOGE wanted to do something HELPFUL, instead of aggressively dismantling all of the US government's ability to provide value to the public, they could analyze whether there are better ways to manage the funds.But, ultimately, government is not a business and social security is not a profit & loss center, even if it's popular for some who don't like it to portray it that way. It mostly pays for itself, but from a moral point of view, its real purpose is to say that we as a society need to have a commitment to our sick and elderly, to assure they are taken care of, BEFORE we declare a profit. If we as a nation are able to give tax breaks to rich citizens only by cutting social programs, then the rich are preying on the poor. The health and welfare of all citizens is our first priority as a nation. We should not be preferencing the already-preferenced before we have attended to that.1/2 (continued next post)<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privatization</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialContract</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequality</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SafetyNets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SafetyNets</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/401K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#401K</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RetirementSavings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetirementSavings</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AntiPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiPoverty</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dignity</a>

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The Democratic DifferenceTrump Tariffs Crashing Americans' Retirement AccountsS&P 500 down 10% in two days, down 16% under TrumpFriday's Tally:<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Recession</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StockMarket</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crash</a>

Tim_EagonChris Perkins announced his retirement after 28 years from WotC today (effective today). He was one of my favorite Dungeon Magazine writers, I enjoyed his work during 3e, worked a bunch of times with him during 4e (and he made my writing better each time), and again enjoyed his work during 5e. Have a happy and well deserved retirement!<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DND</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/WOTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WOTC</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DungeonMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DungeonMagazine</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a>

JoeMy <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funding</a> went down 2.37% today. That's equal to 6 1/2 months of my annual withdrawals.

Charlie McHenryThe President’s <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> Have Erased Over $8000 from the Average 401k – Liberation Day is Liberating You From Your Money… <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/401k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#401k</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/RetirementSavings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetirementSavings</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://congress.net/the-presidents-tariffs-have-erased-over-8000-from-the-average-401k-liberation-day-is-liberating-you-from-your-money/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://congress.net/the-presidents-tariffs-have-erased-over-8000-from-the-average-401k-liberation-day-is-liberating-you-from-your-money/</a>

Gentleman of LeisureBuzzzzzzzzzzzz. Here comes the #1 Wahl clip right down the center of your head<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpRecession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpRecession</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#investing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a>

Karthik S5/5 On a larger note, I do not see 'retirement' as living off your savings. That is a different stage when I'm physically or mentally unable to do what qualifies as work. I see 'retirement from full-time employment' as a stage where I do less to earn the same or more than as I was employed full-time. That provides me more time to myself, and not pretend to spend all of it for the employer. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#career</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/personalbrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#personalbrand</a>

Gentleman of LeisureEverybody’s getting a big haircut tomorrow. Like a good old American-you’re-in-the-Army #1 buzz haircut 😬😵‍💫<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#investing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trumptariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stocks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kakistocracy</a>

StarcadeS&P 500 is down -4.37% year to date.A year ago, I had returned 16.51% in the same time frame.This year has been horrible as far as investments and retirement savings.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Market</a>

Steve McCarty 🇯🇵I've just retired from 40 years in Japanese higher education. I'm happy, however, because I'm completely healthy. I just had a catheter operation that fixed the irregular heartbeat that was concerning for several months.I still belong to the EU-Asia digital partnerships grant project, and a long presentation on Japan to students from California is scheduled for May. I'm already back to outdoor activities, as you can see with these photos of sakura cherry blossoms in the castle ruins park near our house.<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#university</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Osaka</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/heart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heart</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/catheter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#catheter</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/heartbeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heartbeat</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/cherry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cherry</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/blossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blossoms</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/sightseeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sightseeing</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/park" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#park</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photos</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Airplanista VOTED 🇺🇦<a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@grammargirl</a> Yeah Mignon, I know that drill. Plus I have at least 20+ years on ya, so "keeping it together" takes on a completely new meaning.These days, I have so many "to do" lists in my head, I need to make a To Do list to keep them straight. Thankfully, it is all small personal stuff. But when I ran my ad agency, I kept a 3-ring notebook glued to my hand so I wrote down everything when I was managing several clients at once.Now I just have to remember to feed the cat.<a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a>

PrivacyDigestWhat could possibly go wrong? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> to rapidly rebuild <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/codebase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#codebase</a>.Under any circumstances, a migration of this size and scale would be a massive undertaking, experts tell WIRED, but the expedited deadline runs the risk of obstructing payments to the more than 65 million people in the US currently receiving Social Security benefits. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cobol</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssa</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#takeover</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#takedown</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> > sadly, most likely crash and burn<a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase/</a>

CBC Prince Edward IslandHiking retirement age could help labour force in Atlantic Canada: report A labour market review by the Toronto-based C.D. Howe Institute says raising the retirement age to 67 could help address high job vacancies in the Atlantic provinces. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demographics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/AtlanticCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlanticCanada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hiking-retirement-age-could-help-labour-force-in-atlantic-canada-report-1.7496274?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hiking-retirement-age-could-help-labour-force-in-atlantic-canada-report-1.7496274?cmp=rss</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹How to Catch Up on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retirement</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Savings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Savings</a> at Any Age <a href="https://www.iluvmoney.com/how-to-catch-up-on-retirement-savings-at-any-age/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.iluvmoney.com/how-to-catch-up-on-retirement-savings-at-any-age/</a>

CBC Nova ScotiaHiking retirement age could help labour force in Atlantic Canada: report A labour market review by the Toronto-based C.D. Howe Institute says raising the retirement age to 67 could help address high job vacancies in the Atlantic provinces. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demographics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/AtlanticCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlanticCanada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hiking-retirement-age-could-help-labour-force-in-atlantic-canada-report-1.7496274?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hiking-retirement-age-could-help-labour-force-in-atlantic-canada-report-1.7496274?cmp=rss</a>

LeeFasted - Lungs 🫁 stil only 80% but just a d 3 coughing 😷 fits 2day so happy enuf wif that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Running</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#runner</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#runs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runnersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#runnersofmastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fitness</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sport</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/saturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saturday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Weekend</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/march" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#march</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spring</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/athlete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#athlete</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mindfulness</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Coughing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coughing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lungs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a>

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