The Why On Scenic Beach?

You may be asking why I’m working after 11 years of retirement? I’ll ‘splain! Very briefly, I need some earnings to qualify for Social Security benefits. I didn’t get any (earnings toward SS that is) while working with the P.O. And I’m a world class procrastinator. Now I have the age and not the credits. A summer here ought to do it. But every time I talk to them (SS) I get a different response. “I mean I don’t hardly get the same answer once”. First I can, then I can’t, then its GPO, then its WEP (they’re both provisions to reduce annuities for Federal retirees who didn’t pay into social security or who make too much money or both or something like that?). I use to need two credits, now its five. And I’m somehow getting Medicare through my late wife’s account. Who knows? I have an appointment with a benefit person on Monday. Maybe we can straighten it out. So I hope my earnings count anyway.

Well I had that appointment with SS. Tiffany in Silverdale WA was very nice and assured me I only need the two credits. Rest assured that I will be going back to her with my earnings statement as soon as I have enough and get her to ‘sign me up’. When she told me I only needed the two credits I made some comment about getting the answer I wanted to hear and “could you put that in writing”? And she did! So like I said I’m going back to her, because I want to be like Kat. Kat just became eligible for SS benefits and has been walking around singing a song about getting a SS check. She hasn’t yet but she’ll start getting them soon and she is really enjoying it. I guess its one of those rare times when you can celebrate getting older. Lots of LOL’s. Unless of course the liberals in power determine we’re just having too much fun and they need the money more than we do. I guess that’s just a part of the new ‘Hope and Change’ Is this really what so many people voted for on Election Day? How’s it working for you? Looks like Socialism to me. Which reminds me, I wrote to my people in Washington DC and said "no" on Obama Care but only got a response from Merkley, Oregon’s junior senator. He wants to do something with health care so unfortunately he’ll go along. It’s probably already too late for Oregon. It has already turned to the 'dark side'. Or more correctly it turned to the 'dark side' some years ago.