When will the $250 Social Security stimulus check be mailed?
This is not known at this time but if the bill passes Congress then it is expected that the checks will be mailed sometime in the first quarter of 2010.
Will there be a stimulus check in 2010
Yes, there will be a $250 stimulus check for social security recipients as well as a $250 stimulus check for SSI recipients as well.
How much is the 2010 Social Security raise?
Unfortunately because inflation was so low in 2009 there is no cost of living increase or “raise” in the Social Security payments for 2010. This has however given rise to the $250 Social Security stimulus check which will be payable in 2010.
Will seniors get the $250 stimulus check?
You have to be receiving Social Security, SSI and a few other select criteria in order to receive the check.
What should I do with my $250 check?
There are many options for this money. Admittedly it’s not a huge pile of cash but every little bit counts!
- Reduce debt – If you have any outstanding credit card debt or personal debts then $250 would probably help to pay it down.
- Buy something – Need some new clothes or want to buy an consumer item? If your finances allow this then the $250 can be used for that.
- Donate it – If you don’t need the money then give it to someone who really needs it. A charity, relative or friend would probably really appreciated the cash.
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Thank you Natalie, I too just want to express what my views are. It is impossible to do that without stepping on a few toes. I do not wish to excite debate. But I will if that is what it takes to try and do some good for our neighbors in need. It is only a dreaming wish, but oh how much would I enjoy just one hour on the floor of the Congress to tell them what my thoughts as well as the thoughts of so many Americans have. If we could remind them that their service is for the good of all and not just for personal gain. I am thankful that I can go to bed without having to with what they have on their plate. It is good that God does forgive.
Good luck Natalie.
David
We have libraries in walking distance of Skid Row. And we have shelters ON Skid Row. //////////further, Skid Row here is in walking distance of Little Tokyo, Chinatown and Koreatown, so I am sure that internet cafes are possible to find. (Tho no one has yet asked me for a dollar so s/he could go to the internet cafe lol) L.A., for numerous reasons is the homeless capital of the nation. (So right there, a good percentage of homeless people have access to the internet.) For one reason, other cities have been known to give homeless people a ticket to Los Angeles! (It’s harder to die of cold here – tho’ not impossible, and a few homeless people have actually succeeded in the music industry.) And even homeless people have connections to the larger community. Meanwhile, although I give money to charities, I can’t help but notice that homelessness is almost entirely a political issue. The best activity then, has got to be political action.
Anne, it sounds like if you have to be homeless L.A. is the place to be. Here we hay a day shelter. The homeless can come in during the day and get something to eat and wash what clothes they have. They have a few donated clothes to give to the folks that can use it. I take things that I can get from friends and things that I have down a few times a year. But they don’t have sleeping facilities. At fine p.m. they have to leave and are on their own. We have a few organizations that have sleeping arrangements but there is a long waiting list. And they do have telephone and a limited few minutes to the Internet to check their email if they want to. There are a few other options for them as far as food and some shelter. I don,t mean to sound cold hearted but it seems to me as long as we have people in honest need then we should limit the funds that is sent abroad. There has been hundreds of million sent to the earth quake victims and that is good. But generous folks should keep our nations own victims in mind while they have out the check book. And our government needs to be more aware of it to. And I too donate to charities. Mostly American children foundations and also the homeless organizations. However I do not donate to the homeless standing on street corners. That promotes actions that are not always good for them.
I don’t resent the small amounts (America is not a generous nation in regard to foreign aid, compared to most European countries) we send to help the poor of other countries. I resent the billions we send to kill people in other countries – making enemies that will come back to haunt us for generations.
David, I have to agree with you about the homeless.
Let me tell you all a little story, this is true, I saw it happen, although it was a few years back, things have not gotten much better.
There was a year that they held the republican Convention in Phoenix, Arizona. This is a place that the homeless are numerous. Well the city of Phoenix didn’t want all of this homeless population to be seen for that weekend, their answer was to put as many as they could in the shelters, and the ones who they couldn’t fit in shelters, they put up in some of the flea bag motels…got them all off the street for one weekend while the “Big Wigs” were in town for their convention. Once the weekend was over, what happened? All of the ones who were kept sheltered in the motels were thrown right back out onto the streets. (this was back in the late 80’s early 90’s)What was actually done to HELP these people? Nothing..Nada…Ziltch. State funded help can only go so far, and the ones with children will get the help first….the saddest part was, I actually worked up the courage to speak to a small group of men who were standing out there, 4 out of the 6 men were war vets !! These men fought in Vietnam, they defended our country, they fought for our rights and kept us safe, and this is how out “wonderful” government thanks them for their “Patriotism” ?? Today, we are still faced with the same delemas, nothing has gotten better !! So yes, Our government needs to think more about “Our Home Land” first, a little more then sending the billions of dollars that get sent to other countries !
dave,this is true,in most major and minor citys internet access is totally free for anyone to use,until the goverment starts finding out people are disclosing their secrets about how they spend the money that could be used on the homeless on their own pork,then they will find a way not to let undesirebles use even these computers by charging fees or making it a condition that you must have a home in order to use these facilitys. you see dave we are actualy living in the orwillian days and it just keeps getting worse! look up this line from an old charlton heston movie in google,: MY GOD! soylent green……ITS PEOPLE!!!
Anne, I too resent the billons spent to fight the type of war we are involved with in Iraq. But because we are there due to the misunderstandings of the Bush aministration we have to follow through. And give all that is needed to keep our soliders as safe as possible. I have a son that spent two years in that hateful desert. Thank God he came home unhurt. But as far as other nations giving more money and help to under developed countries than America does, well that is a surprize to me. I would like to see the documents that show this.
OhHEAVENS, I know about the homeless in Ariz. I lived there in the 70,s for a coulple of years. It is ashame what happens to our Vets. I know a lot of them are on the streets because of alcohol and drugs. But some of that abuse was brought on by the wars our government brought on to them. Today it is a choice to be in the services of our Nation but not from Veitnam and both of the World Wars and also Korea. Some joined buy most were drafted. Somewhere we got off the issue at hand, the C.O.L.A. But all of these issues are good for us to remember. And finally to you George. Yes I remember that quote very well. I watched that movie several times when I was young and into movies of that type. Who knows what our advanced future will have in store for us. But as it stands right now Solent Green was only a movie with fiction as it’s source.
im sorry david that your son is fighting for our oil in iraq which is of course george bushs agenda,but we do not need to be there whatsoever now that saddam has been long gone.your son is over there because of our polititions and our need for cheap oil.im sure the majority of americans would pay extra cash for gas than our human lives.that soylent green refrencve was meant as half jolkm and half where we are heading (in a way). alot of americans feel they are free because they can go home like archie bunker turn on the boobtube, crack open a beer and talk about the things that the usa is doing yet do nothing about.god bless your son and the men and wom,mmmmmmmmmwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
“In relation to affluence, the US lies at the bottom of the list of rich donor nations. It gave 0.15 percent of gross national income to official development assistance in 2003. By this measure, Norway at 0.92 percent was the most generous, with Denmark next at 0.84 percent.” ~Christian Science Monitor.
But much of our aid is quite self-serving. The money we give is often given with the specification that it be spent on big building projects, which our corporations will carry out. Someone said that foreign aid is the means by which the poor people of a rich nation give money to the rich people of a poor nation. Read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – or just google john Perkins’ ‘Speaking Freely’ – he talks about the truth of foreign aid. The one thing it isn’t usually used for is to help the poor. Mostly it goes to dictators. The biggest recipient of our aid is Israel, and second, Egypt – neither of them are necessarily poor countries. Another good book on the subject is The Shock Doctrine, by Naomi Klein. Joseph Stiglitz has also written on the topic.
hello i sent a letter to someone who works at the wall street journal and they wrote back saying not to worry those checks will be passed out it cant not happen…
thanks
tom
@Thomas – it was voted down in congress. It will have to be voted on again before it can happen.
i can tell you, i have heard from sen. shumer of ny himself that he is going to piggyback our $250 checks on a bill that will not be voted down. go to his site and email him nicely and he will respond,george h.
Well I hope he does it. Meanwhile, we’re still getting screwed. There are countries in the world where everyone has health care and no one has to live in the streets. We are citizens of the richest country in the world, and we might as well be living in the third world. Resist.
If you want to know the future of the human race read the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. The number one Reason? CORUPTION! After a long while of seeing and experiencing it, we tend to accept a certain level of it. It’s the ‘foot in the door syndrome’, once in, it runs rampant. It takes Human Beings roughly 250 – 300 years of oppression before they will act as an organized group. On another note to all that are going to the streets because of this ‘no check ‘ issue, you do realize that in any other country(other than the obvious ones) you would have long since died or been put in a labor camp of some kind. There is no free ride in life, however this great country of ours trys to give you some help. I say great becuase it is made up of “THE PEOPLE”. We are ultimately responcible for what happens here. We do vote these morons in. We also leave them sit there for YEARS and YEARS screwing us. Politics was never meant to be a career. You volunteered to serve your country. These people are human and subjected to human frailities, such as accepting money for thier vote. Again accepted behavior, that actually should be crimminal. We have to vote the incumbants out. I have heard people actually say” What would that do? Give us a bunch of newbies that wont know what to do”. People! the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome.
Peace to all of you, I hope you understand what I am trying to say.
Most advanced nations are far more generous with their citizenry, including the elders and disabled and poor. Far from having labor camps, Europeans have decent public housing, and medical care way better than ours. As expat americans in Paris said in Sicko, THERE the fovernment fears the people – HERE the people fear the government.
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