Taxes in Retiremnet: Alabama taxes groceries!

Eliminating state grocery tax would make life better for Alabama families

Alabama’s sales tax on groceries is a cruel tax on survival, particularly in times of economic insecurity. It increases hunger rates and drives struggling Alabamians deeper into poverty. Two bills in the 2022 regular session – SB 43 by Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, and HB 173 by Rep. Mike Holmes, R-Wetumpka – would end the state grocery tax while protecting school funding. The graph below shows how millions of Alabamians would benefit.

Reference: Alabama Arise

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More Pretend Legislation to Make You Think Politicians are Trying to Standardize the annual annuity COLA for retired federal workers

Lawmakers Try Again to Standardize Cost of Living Raises for Federal Retirees

Article Excerpt: "The Equal COLA Act would ensure that federal retirees in the Federal Employees Retirement System and the Civil Service Retirement System both receive the same annual percentage cost of living increase each year. Currently, the CSRS calculates cost of living adjustments based on the annual change in the third quarter consumer price index for workers, just like Social Security. But FERS COLAs are based on an extrapolation from that figure..."

Resource: www.govexec.com

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50+ Essential Retirement Statistics for 2023

50+ Essential Retirement Statistics for 2023

Article Excerpt: "...the data on every angle of retirement and compiled the most important statistics below. Read on to learn about what today’s retirees face, from financial challenges to lifestyle decisions and more. ...Sixty-two is the current retirement age, and the estimated retirement age for current workers is 64. Thirty-six percent of older homeowners spent at least one-third of their income on housing, compared to 76 percent of older renters. Of retired U.S. adults, 57 percent rely on Social Security income. Average health care spending in 2020 was $6,668 for retirees"

Resource: www.annuity.org

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Jan. 2023 CPI Reports: Year-over-year CPI rose 6.4%; Core CPI increased 0.4% monthly and 5.6% from a year ago

Article Excerpt: "Let's get you up to speed on inflation. It picked up in the first month of the year. January's consumer price index showed a 0.5% increase in prices over the past month. Rising shelter and energy costs a big reason why. Year-over-year CPI rose 6.4%. Economists had expected prices to climb 6.2% over the year. Core CPI, which strips out the more volatile food and energy prices, increased 0.4% monthly and 5.6% from a year ago. Forecast called for a 5.5% annual increase."

Resource: yahoo.com

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The Facts From BLS.GOV: CPI for all items rises 0.5% in January 2023 as shelter increases

Biden’s fixation on cutting Social Security dates back to the Reagan era

Biden’s fixation on cutting Social Security dates back to the Reagan era

Article Excerpt: "...“I tried with Senator Grassley back in the 1980s to freeze all government spending, including Social Security, including everything,” Biden said in 1995. ...“When I argued that we should freeze federal spending, I meant Social Security as well,” he told the Senate in 1995. “I meant Medicare and Medicaid. I meant veterans’ benefits. I meant every single solitary thing in the government. And I not only tried it once, I tried it twice, I tried it a third time, and I tried it a fourth time.” (A freeze would have reduced the amount that would be paid out, cutting the program’s benefit.)" ...Biden himself, at least on his campaign website, now supports making Social Security more generous, not less. But that’s at odds with decades of his own advocacy, a record that could become a major political liability

Resource: theintercept.com

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Remember before Biden when border patrol had hiring standards? Time to lower the bar to hire Biden-Minions.

Amid Border Patrol recruitment crisis, bill aims to drop polygraph requirement for some applicants

Article Excerpt: "Bill would waive Border Patrol polygraph mandate for some police, military applicants..."

Resource: www.foxnews.com

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