Who else here lives on a basic income?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I surprise everyone when I tell them I'm a retired public school teacher on a fixed income....and I own a tesla S.
Yes; my income is around $50K a year...
So....I live frugally....and drive deluxe.
It's worth it to me.
Robecology
Level 9
June 26, 2019
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I'm also asking because of the way people judge others on how much money they make.
PatrickKerr
Level 6
June 26, 2019
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How many of us are retired, or disabled?
davknight
Level 8
June 26, 2019
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I'm disabled.
@PatrickKerr Me too!
I make so little I don't have to file taxes. I paid off my house years ago, and I have no loan. I have quite a lot in a trust account, but that is for retirement. My cost of living is very low. I'm cheap as hell, and I still wear clothes I had from HS! The traditional way to have money is to SAVE it!
TheGreatShadow
Level 9
June 26, 2019
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My income is basically rental collections, capital gains, dividends, increased value of stocks and bonds, investments... So, it's more than basic...
Cutiebeauty
Level 9
June 26, 2019
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I work full time as a recycling sorter. It doesn't pay much.
QuidamOutrepont
Level 8
June 25, 2019
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I'm asking because I am on a basic income called ODSP (Ontario Disability Support Program)
PatrickKerr
Level 6
June 25, 2019
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@Ms_McSteven I get 1100$ a month. Drug plan ( not all drugs) and dental.
I have 1350 for 3 of us. My salvation for a living really well is that I own a small house, no mortgage, very efficient in energy, pay 100% of the CC bill every month, buy EVERYTHING on plastic and get the 1 to 5% back, have no debts, it is against my religion to owe anyone anything. I am a master at finding free stuff, truly free, what is offered as free costs usually premium.
Patric, what I really need to know how did you swing dental? My few teeth give me a lot of grief, indeed and I fly to the Czech Republic where I have free medical or Costa Rica where I have a terrific dentist.
I still have capped or original 12 teeth and I compute all the time cost of nursing them along against getting them yanked and replacing with a clappity clap teeth
My income is none of your business.
LiterateHiker
Level 9
June 25, 2019
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You did have an option of not answering.....
I am entitled to state my opinion respectfully.
@Bigwavedave Could not have put it better myself.
I get $1400 a month in Social Security benefits, so that is my basic income. I live pretty simply and frugally, always have. I won't say how much I have in savings and retirement funds, because that's nobody's business, but I have enough between what I saved and inherited, that I can supplement my basic income with another $20-25K per year for as long as I'm likely to live. So I am very fortunate on that front. I will never be a high roller or a good target for golddiggers, but I will have financial security as long as SS and Medicare are around.
I get the feeling, from having been on these boards a while now, that on Agnostic we have quite a range of members as far as financial status. Lots of people who regularly take expensive vacations to lots of people who are just scraping by. Reflective of America in general, I suppose.
TomMcGiverin
Level 8
June 25, 2019
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@Ms_McSteven Hey! I've got a broken ass!
@Ms_McSteven Not surprising.Some of that could be prudent self-protection, on the part of the well-off members here since the older members tend to be targets of dating site scammers.
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