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I’m 75, in poor health and I scrape by on Social Security alone — with nothing of value to my name. Is there any point in me writing a will?

By Maurie Backman,

2024-08-16

By Maurie Backman,

2024-08-16

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Chi Nguyen

08-17

you are stupid. dude. what sense to make a will if you have nothing

Stacey Trent Gruver

08-17

Hey, guess what? I’m 55 as of two days ago I’ve been combat medically retired but the VA takes all of my retirement gives me 50% disability even though I’ve had seven spinal surgeries lost use of my left leg partially died twice on the table had sepsis and had most of my back fused and muscle cut out and I get Social Security disability Since 2008 and the judge only awarded me disability strictly on my VA disability get the VA refuses to increase me to anything above 50% for the last 20 years so I only draw $135 from my retirement through the Navy my VA 50% and Social Security and that’s all I get to live on here in Florida oh and by the way, I used to get five dollars a month in food stamps and then Rick Scott need my Social Security and VA earned income so I lost that five dollars a month. Meanwhile, I have neighbors that are Hispanic that adults 12 children live in a two bedroom apartment and they get between all of them 2000 a month and Food Stamps

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