Amenities??
 

Seriously? Up $14 in a month? This inflation is killing us. When is it ever going to STOP? MY SS CHECK isn't increasing

Yeah, increasing by $0.46 cents per day. Guess I'll have to start skipping lunch. I've heard about this inflation thing going on. Or is that Fake News?

I can’t feel bad for you , my SS is only $128 a month

Inflation or Opportunistic Grabbing?
 

I totally get that inflation is real and affecting many right now. However . . . . why is it that all businesses seem to jump on the bandwagon and use every crises to earn more money? It's getting to be epidemic now. Like others stated, our pensions and SS checks have not gone up. My amenity fee jumped $12 last month, my insurance supplement jumps $13 next month, Netflix, utilities, groceries, massages, gas, when will it end? I for one - don't like it. However, I have to keep in mind . . . we live in America - we have so many things to be grateful for, we are all so lucky and fortunate. I can think of many situations and scenarios I'd rather not be in right now. And I feel badly for people who are facing really hard times. My complaints are rubbish compared to some folks. I'm grateful for the bed I sleep in, the food in my refrigerator, the car in my driveway, the roof over my head that is paid for, my almost perfect health. I wish we could start a thread listing all of the good and amazing things in our lives. There's an idea.

You don't get inflation.

"All Businesses".....have you looked at current earning reports???
Example....Walmart, Target.............revenues are up, profits are down.

The Districts and AAC are not a business. And their costs are rising along with everyone else. Wages are probably #1 due to the difficulty in finding workers. But everything affiliated with maintaining our community is costing more. They are not earning more money. And the amount of increases in amenity fees is tied to a legal document we all signed. A lot of years we had little or no increases.

I'm sorry for you and poster#4. The rest of us had a 5.4% COL increase in our SS checks this year.

If they gave us actual cash some might realize it went up but straight into checking account guess that is harder to realize.

Well said.

I feel for folks who depend on SS as their primary source of income. We may have had a 5.4% COL increase this year, but inflation is 8%. SS is always playing catch-up with its increases. $14.00 per month can be big when combined with the increases in food and gas.

I don’t have an answer for the increases, just a suggestion that we show a little compassion for our fellow neighbors.

There is always the Institution des invalides de la Légion étrangère if things get to bad!

Medicare and my supplement increase ate my COL increase all up and then some, not to mention prescription coverage. It is what it is and soon there will be a college tuition tax that we'll all be paying one way or the other. Spending in this country is out of control but still nowhere better to go.

Along with everything else going up in price, it adds up..

If all else fails maybe it’s time to move if you no longer can afford the lifestyle!

ha ha it’s an option, but a life around the world of helping to keep bad governments in power or to put bad rebels into power has left me in pretty good shape

So you was a pol_____.?

Always more lucrative partying on the winners account!:icon_wink:

He was in the French Foreign Legion

More like go back to ( sorry about this four letter word that is really taboo in TV)
WORK:boom:

Dad's SS check was reduced over 25% this year. Told his hospitalization increase was the reason. At 89 he should get free insurance, like the people that don't work. 25% reduction!!!

Think inflation is bad keep watching the price of diesel fuel. Every time that goes up so does everything we need/buy. Guess who makes the largest profit on a gallon of diesel?

I am not sure how his SS check could have been reduced by 25%. The SS COLA increase was 5.9%. Medicare Part B went up by about $22 per month. Medicare Part A is hospitalization and has a cost of $0. Was his SS benefit about $90 per month? Did IIRMA kick in? I am curious, more details please.

Wha chu talkin' 'bout, Willis??

Nooooooo

Yep. It is a double-edged sword. Prices are increasing on just about everything, just about everywhere. And portfolios are shrinking.

A lot of relief though can be found through wise buying and altering our habits. Restaurant prices are following the general trend. But Villagers spent over 200 million dollars last year eating out rather than cooking at home. I'm luckier than many: my wife is an excellent cook and loves doing it, and being from SE Asia she knows how to get the most bang for her buck on ingredients. Other things--take the golf cart rather than the Family Truckster, or walk rather than use the golf cart.

sounds like you are very happy , but for me it’s takeout or restaurant , I haven’t turned a stove on since I got my first coffee machine and even when I did use the stove it was only to boil water for instant coffee , I don’t even like to go to other peoples houses for dinner , a romantic dinner for me is in a restaurant. FYI Harvest was filled last night , dining there is always very good and sometimes great , I love everything about it , great villages place to enjoy

Assuming 90,000 average number of residents to account for seasonal people, $200 million breaks down to $42.74 per week or $6.11 per day. I'm sure there is a small group of folks like yourself who never eat out, but the $200 million figure is really not overly impressive when you compare it to everyday grocery prices.