President Obama has recently announced that there will be a one-time $250 stimulus check in 2010 to recipients of Social Security. This bonus check is part of of his ongoing effort to stimulate the economy out of recession. Please note that Congress has yet to approve this bill.
[Edit - This check was supposed to have been paid out in the first quarter of 2010. Given that the first quarter just ended and there is no check it looks like this issue is dead and there will be no $250 stimulus check in 2010.]
Who is eligible for the $250 stimulus check in 2010?
Anyone who is currently receiving Social Security (SS) payments will be eligible for the $250 check. There are also some other groups who will receive this check including SSI and disabled veterans.
[update - find out about the new $250 stimulus check in 2010 for SSI recipients]
When will the $250 checks be paid out?
It is not known at this time when the payments will be made but it is likely that they will be paid in the first quarter of 2010 (ie before the end of March).
Is there any income limit for the $250 payment?
No, it doesn’t matter if you have other income or if you are working or not. It doesn’t matter how much income you make – you will still get the check.
How much will this cost the government?
According to White house officials, the cost of all the stimulus checks will be $13 billion. A large amount of money but don’t forget that the stimulus package for 2009 was almost $800 billion.
Why is the government doing this?
The government is giving out this money in order to try to stimulate the economy. Because of problems in the financial markets and housing markets over the last 2 years, there has been a slowdown in economic activity in America and many job losses. By putting extra money into the economy it is hoped that the decline of the economy can be slowed down or even reversed.
Will there be a Social Security raise this year?
No, in fact part of the reason the $250 bonus check was created was to make up for the fact that there is no cost of living raise in Social Security payments this year.
Will it be a check or electronic payment?
The $250 should be given to you in the same format you currently receive your regular Social Security payment. If you get your SS payment by check then the $250 will also be by check. If you get your SS payment deposited in to your bank account then the $250 will also be deposited into your bank account.
More information on Social Security
Social Security provides the average retiree with a monthly check of about $1,150. The program provides 40 percent of all income received by elderly people in the United States; one in five older married couples and two in five older single people rely on it for at least 90 percent of their income.
Will there be a stimulus check in 2011?
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To James E. Lyons
From:Valorie Baker
Are you James E. Lyons from T______,Texas? Wife’s maiden starts with
R?
If not,sorry.If you are I’m a classmate.
THERE WILL BE NO STIMULUS CHECK IN 2010. The Stimulus checks were attached to a bill which would have extended unemployment benefits.. and that bill was voted down by both House & Senate. (Don’t I wish they could live in MY shoes for a few months!! It would get voted in IMMEDIATELY!)
Also.. Kathleen? You have to be married for ten years to draw from your spouse’s SS. Period. Unless they die young. My ex has remarried a couple of times, although I never did. And yes, we have children together (and he is a multimillionaire, but never paid ONE DIME in child support. And I could never do much about it since I never went on Welfare. It’s so terribly ugly in our country right now. The rich get richer and the poor are forgotten, as are the senior citizens who built up this country for those who are wealthy. What a shame.
Lynda re deceased spouse SS, go to the SS site it is stated there if you were presently married to your spouse at least 9 months at time of death you can collect from his SS if it is higher than yours. If you are between 50 and 60 and on SSD and did not re- marry.
you can collect at that time. Also if you had a child or adopted one you are entitled too.
Just google the question all have the same answer. It’s the exact same thing SS told us when we went there after we were married.
You may want to go back to SS and see if you qualify. As long as your amount does not exceed his.
I have a good friend whose husband died shortly after they were married and when she reached 62 she took his SS as it was higher then hers. She thought the same thing you are saying till a good friend told her that she could get his SS, And she is.
Did he pay into SS? Some don’t do to different forms of income. If he didn’t then he would have nothing coming. if he was rich through ownership of a company etc he may have never paid into it.
Dear Lynda:
You hit the nail right on the head with your post. I am disabled myself and although I am living in New York State ( a nice place to visit, but you couldn’t afford to live here) one of the worst states if not a politician. Our taxes are sky high and they are still trying to cut a state budget which only like 90 days over due. The one catch is though the politicians don’t get paid until the Budget is in place. I know New Yorkers are getting very fed up the New York Politicians every day of every week. And now, another blow is the stimulus check we are not getting.
But as an individual I can promise you thing, I will not vote for these low life scum bags ever. They do not deserve the dirt off the bottom of my boot. The excuse for the non existent Stimulus Check, 1) cost of living didn’t go up according to them. (BS) 2) The unemployment extension did not go through either. Maybe they lets screw another group of people the unemployed too.
Little by little the politicians are turning their backs on the people who put them in office. Now by them screwing us this way, they do not realize they have given us the power of the vote. That is only if our vote does really count. After the 2000 Presidential election I still have my doubts, some may agree some may not. But I look at that election has a farce, if these people can cover up JFK assassination, covering up an election would be a walk in the park.
Back to my point about the power of the vote. Now we can vote these bozo’s out of office and hopefully put someone in there who actually cares. Another we need to do voice our opinions to these bozo’s and let them we have to power and we will use it too. People the time is now, lets take full advantage of it, and use it to our benefit for once. Also lets flood our Congressman’s office with emails on how they screwed us. If you don’t move now, then don’t whine later!
i think thats its bs that we are not getting an increase on our checks and not even a small check that could help us catch up on bills. being a single mom on ssi its hard but obama does not understand what we as lower class go through some kind of president we have.
i would like to see them get by on a ss check.i worked hard and paid my taxes and did everything i was suppose to do.now they dont even care about the people who have built this country.now since they have made it so easy for people to take our childrens jobs and their childrens jobs its a scarey place.
WE JUST WENT THROUGH A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF BONNIE AND THANK GOD THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. NOW, I AM LIKE THE REST OF YOU WE DO NEED THAT $250.00 STIMULUS CHECK FOR OUR BASIC NEEDS, IT SURE WOULD BE A BIG HELP. HANG ON AND MAYBE WE WILL GET IT ONE DAY.
I like to no why the congress can’t sign the bill he no that the cost of living is up. and he also no that we having got araise on our checks we need the 250.00 because our children will be starting school soon and they need clothes. shoes .papper, pencil, and everythings else so how we going to sent our children to school. and they said they gave a extension on unemplyment but no one have receive a check yet they said they going back from april or may but no one got that .and presdient obama said that we will receive a 250.00 check but we don’t see that also is there anyone cares about us please tell me what going on
Dear Mary:
One thing you can do and that is: this site will not give you answers to your questions. Your Congressman as the answers or more excuses about the Stimulus Check we never received. People on here should do the same instead of what they’re doing now. Write your Congressman, flood his office with letters, emails and questions. Then when you go down to vote, remember who voted down the stimulus check you need so bad.
That is the only way you may be able to get answers Mary. This site has become a crying board instead of informational site. People need to watch the news, read articles on the internet, call the Social Security Office, flood them with questions too. Good Luck
I have been reading the comments that people are making and I am even more disappointed in the government. I have remarried for 5 1/2 years now, he makes good money, he retired once but we decided we wanted our own home (manufactured home) so he went back to work full-time, that was a mistake, we had to pay back SS over $9000 because he made too much, but we couldn’t make it with the new home on just his SS and mine. Financially I don’t need it, thank God, but if we deserve it being retired or disabled we should get it. I made a comment a few weeks ago, why bother to have a president, when Congress and Senate make all the final decisions. The poor people in the Gulf that have lost everything and all BP is worried about is their regatta and getting their lives back. Why should they drill off our land, try doing it on their turf. I am so sorry, as an American, for everyone out there that are in the “low income group” it isn’t fair for the rich to get richer and get their big bonuses and they say nothing can be done to get any back after getting a bailout. Bull. Good luck to everyone, I say a prayer every night for everyone that has commented on this site and I don’t feel sorry for the well to do, they are the only one’s who profit from this recession.
I strongly agree with Pamela on the point why bother with the President, basically he is nothing more than a puppet on the strings of Congress & the Senate.
And if you a low income family, well again you are on the end of list to get anything really. I’m waiting to see if the people from the oil spill disaster get what they are promised. Look what they did when Katrina went through, really not enough in my eyes. But I am a low income individual, and my word doesn’t count.
All I can do is hope for a brighter day and more intelligent people in politics, but that is like a wish that will come true. Why you may ask, well remember our four fathers and the little piece of wording they put in the Constitution ” Government for the people, by the people” well what ever happen to that ? People think about that, these politicians have made their own rules according to them, by them.
But there is a catch to all this, they have to live with their decisions and sleep with their decisions. Because someday they will have to pay
for their decisions when they answer to the man upstairs. Hopefully I will be at the front gate waiting for them, I’ll have to tax them accordingly!
I voted for the bunch who are in the White House at present. They never gave the SS increase this year because of some bunch of crap they made up. How come all the Government employees got an increase.
I will be glade when the next election rolls around, I sure will not vote for this bunch.
Don’t we have any decent people to run for office anymore???
I guess they feel we, the old people, do not need any more money, we will die soon and they can keep it all.
Wait till next election!!!!! Some of us will still be around!!
Well, finally someone else who has the same idea I do. ” DO NOT VOTE FOR THE SCHMUCKS WHO STABBED YOU IN BACK” Glad to see you are on board Ron, welcome.
I’ve noticed this has just turned into a sounding board for the missing Stimulus Check. But we can use has a tool to be heard if we do it right. Millions of people have been stabbed in the back my their loyal politicians when it came time for a lousy $250 check. Well now we can spread the word ” DO NOT FOR THE ONES WHO VOTED DOWN THE STIMULUS CHECK” We have to get the word out, word of mouth, friends, & family, emails, phone calls . Whatever it takes to get the word out, do it now. Let them see we are not that easy to push around and be forgotten about. We have paved and created the way for which they walk the path . And remember something else that has been forgotten and thrown along the wayside as well. ” THE GOVERNMENT, FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE” What ever happen to that, seems the politicians have gave it a new look. ” THE GOVERNMENT, FOR THEMSELVES, BY THEMSELVES”
HEY EVERYBODY,I FOUND OUT WHAT THE COVERAGE GAP IS. IF YOU GET EXTRA HELP PAYING FOR YOUR DRUGS YOU HAVE TO REACH A COVERAGE GAP OF $2800 AND SOMETHING. AND THEN WHEN YOU REACH THAT GAP YOU HAVE TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT FOR YOUR DRUGS AND YOU WILL NOT GET THE $250 STIMULUS CHECK,SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL STOP WINING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. I DON’T THINK IT IS FARE EITHER FOR ALL THESE MEDICAID PEOPLE TO GET IT BDCAUSE THEY DON’T PAY HARDLY ANYTHINGS FOR THERE DRUGS,BUT WHAT CAN WE DO. IT IS ALL OF CONGRESSES FAULT. THEY GOT THEIR RAISE AND DON’T CARE ABOUT THE POOR PEOPLE. I COULD HAVE USED THAT $250 CHECK TOO. SO NOW YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE COVERAGE GAP.
HEY EVERYBODY,I FOUND OUT WHAT THE COVERAGE GAP IS. IF YOU GET EXTRA HELP PAYING FOR YOUR DRUGS YOU HAVE TO REACH A COVERAGE GAP OF $2800 . AND THEN WHEN YOU REACH THAT GAP YOU HAVE TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT FOR YOUR DRUGS AND YOU WILL NOT GET THE $250 STIMULUS CHECK,SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL STOP WINING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. I DON’T THINK IT IS FARE EITHER FOR ALL THESE MEDICAID PEOPLE TO GET IT BECAUSE THEY DON’T PAY HARDLY ANYTHING FOR THEIR DRUGS,BUT WHAT CAN WE DO. IT IS ALL OF CONGRESSES FAULT. THEY GOT THEIR RAISE AND DON’T CARE ABOUT THE POOR PEOPLE. I COULD HAVE USED THAT $250 CHECK TOO. SO NOW YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE COVERAGE GAP. THANK YOU VICKIE
Well Well Vicki:
I do not get help paying for my prescriptions, nor did I hit any gap. So, seeing you have some of the answers. Tell me this, when am I going to get my lousy $250.00 stimulus check? Is it in the mail?
when i filed my w2 and i didnt know i was going to have to pay the stimulus money back they took it back out of my income tax and that was wrong gave me the money and then i payed it back like it was a loan we should have been told had to pay it back no more they can keep it i work and cannot get ahead $16.00 in food stamps and the goverment lives good i work at walmart $8.50hr.and i make too much to get anymoe 4days a week i eat out of the dollar store. i live alone dont have any help i live in poverty
when i filed my w2 and i didnt know i was going to have to pay the stimulus money back they took it back out of my income tax and that was wrong gave me the money and then i payed it back like it was a loan we should have been told we had to pay it back no more they can keep it i work and cannot get ahead $16.00 in food stamps and the goverment lives good i work at walmart $8.50hr.and i make too much to get anymoe 4days a week i eat out of the dollar store. i live alone dont have any help i live in poverty
We gotta get this check.
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