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regarding their benefit and payment structures. earns over those limits, $1 is withheld from his or For example, I already explained how Social Secu- her monthly benefits. There is a higher earnings threshold in the rity COLAs are figured. Part B Medicare premium increases have nothing to do with the consumer year a person turns 66 that applies from the beginprice index. Instead, they must be set at a level ning of the year until the month the person turns that covers 25% of the cost of running the program. 66. (The income penalty goes away once a person reaches that full retirement age.) That threshold (Taxpayers pick up the remaining 75%.) Another measuring stick called the “nation- goes up from $46,920 in 2019 to $48,600 in 2020. A couple of other Social Security provisions al wage index” is used to set increases to other provisions of the law that affect Social Security benefi- are also impacted by inflationary increases. For exciaries and taxpayers. Specifically, this includes in- ample, people getting disability benefits who try to creases in the amount of wages or self-employment work can generally continue getting those benefits income subject to Social Security tax -- the amount as long as they are not working at a “substantial” of income needed to earn a “quarter of coverage” level. In 2019, the law defined substantial work as any job paying $1,220 or more per month. In 2020, -- and the Social Security earnings penalty limits. The Social Security taxable earnings base that substantial earnings level increases to $1,260 will go up from $132,900 in 2019 to $137,700 in monthly. Finally, the Supplemental Security Income 2020. In other words, people who earn more than basic federal payment level for one person goes up Security Social have $137,700 in 2020 will no longer payroll taxes deducted from their paychecks once from $771 in 2019 to $783 in 2020. SSI is a federal they hit that threshold. This has always been a welfare program administered by the SSA, but it is very controversial provision of the law. (Bill Gates not a Social Security benefit. It is paid for out of genpays the same amount of Social Security tax as his eral revenues, not Social Security taxes. OCT. 14 * MON., * * plumber!) Normally, I would bet my next pension If you have a Social Security question, Tom  Pr reform Security Social check that any eventual Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.marpackage will include a sharp increase in that wage genau@comcast.net. Toimmediately find out morewith about Tom MarContact your Tidbits representative controlling Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) changes Spelling or  corre Price base. But with the anti-tax Republicans genau and to read past columns and see features from Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760so sure. the Senate and the White House, I’m not otherrepresentative Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit Contact your Tidbits immediately with changes or correc work Security Social Most people need 40 the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-32 of coverage”) credits (sometimes called “quarters Office: to be eligible for monthly benefit checks from the system. In 2019, people who were working earned one credit for each $1,360 in Social Security taxable income. But no one earns more than four credits Have you ever noticed that when you blow per year. In other words, once you made $5,440, Never play leapfrog with on a dog's face he doesn't likeait.unicorn. But when A.R.C. Concrete c/o Willie Dougherty your Social Security record has been credited with he gets in a car the first thing he does is BZ BW 6x Disc. the maximum four credits or quarters of coverage. -- Benny Hill stick faceVol. out15 the window. October 20,his 2019 - No. 43 Next year, the one credit limit goes up to $1,410, meaning you will have to earn $5,640 in 2020 before you get the maximum four credits assigned to Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric your Social Security account. SecuContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correc People under age 66 who get Social  Driveways  Walkways still are but benefits rity retirement or survivors Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-3  Patios  Pavers working are subject to limits in the amount of mon Repairs  Resurfacing ey they can earn and still receive all their Social 40 Years Experience ● All Work Guaranteed Security checks. That limit was $17,640 1n 2019 Shade Builders 10% Donated and will be $18,240 in 2020. For every $2 a person in your nam A.R.C. 1/8th pg. CONCRETE • 4c • 13x discount rate

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cardigan sweater. It has beading around the neck and halfway down the front. I have enclosed a copy of the original label that is still in the sweater. I have never worn it, so it is in mint condition. I hope you can tell if my sweater has any value. Italian designer, Elsa Schiaparelli, had salons in Paris and New York. by Anne McCollam

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Enclosed is a photo of a delicate berr y dish set that was given to my husband, who is now 88 years old, by his grandmother many years ago. The large bowl measures over nine inches in diameter, and the four individual bowls are more than five inches in diameter. The set is decorated with white flowers, pale yellow soft orange flowers and green leaves. The scalloped edges are green with gold trim, and the set is in perfect condition. Marked on the back of each dish are a crown and a crest and the word “Bavaria.” They all have the number “1796,” and the master dish has the number “69,” and the individual ones have the number “58.” Thank you for whatever information you can give me.

A: Elsa Schiaparelli was born in Italy in 1890.

She became one of the world’s most famous fashion designers in the 20th century. French designer, Coco Chanel, was one of her competitors. Many of Schiaparelli’s designs were inspired by surrealistic artists, including Salvador Dali, Man Ray and Giacometti. She created both clothing and jewelry and had several perfume lines. Schiaparelli had fashion houses in Paris and New York. She died in 1973. Her vintage sweaters are popular, and yours would probably fetch anywhere from $125 to $350.

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* On Jan. 8, 1835, President Andrew Jackson achieves his goal of entirely paying off the United States’ national debt. It was the only time in U.S. history that the national debt stood at zero, and it precipitated one of the worst financial crises in American history, the Panic of 1837. * On Jan. 9, 1861, a Union merchant ship is fired upon as it tries to deliver supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in the first exchange of shots between North and South. The shots were fired by gunner George E. Haynsworth, a cadet at The Citadel in Charleston. * On Jan. 7, 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team travels west from Chicago to play their first game, in Hinckley, Illinois. Coach Abe Saperstein decided to promote his new team’s racial makeup by naming them after Harlem, the famous black neighborhood of New York City. * On Jan. 12, 1932, Ophelia Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. Caraway had been appointed earlier to fill the vacancy left by her late husband, Thaddeus Horatio Caraway. * On Jan. 11, 1949, on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C., the cornerstone is laid at the first mosque of note in the United States. The Islamic Center was complete with a 160-foot minaret from which prayers were to be announced. * On Jan. 6, 1975, “Wheel of Fortune,” the longest-running syndicated game show in American television, premieres on NBC. In over 7,000 episodes, show hostess Vanna White has never worn the same gown twice.

Berry set was made in Bavaria.

* On Jan. 10, 2008, Tata Motors in India debuts the Nano, billing it as the world’s cheapest car. The bubble-shaped minivehicle had a base price of $2,000. It had a body made of plastic and sheet metal -- and one windshield wiper.

Bavaria was the location of many porcelain factories in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A great deal of the factories included their name with their trademarks. Unfortunately some didn’t and that makes it sometimes impossible to identify the maker. Porcelain berry sets included a master bowl and usually had four to six individual bowls. Most were decorated with transfer print designs rather than hand painted. “1796” refers to the set design and “69” indicates that it is the design of the master bowl, and “58” shows the dish is an individual bowl. Your berry bowl set was made around 1900 and would probably be worth $125 to $150. * * * I have never seen any appraisals of clothing in your column, but if you can, I would like to know about the following. For Christmas 1959, I received a black cashmere

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October 23-29, 2006

Go Figure! answers

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October 23-29, 2006

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Issue No. 2

Go Figure! answers

Quiz Bits ANSWERS

1. The Greyhound (with Whippets a close second) 2. Border Collie 3. Old English Sheepdog 4. About 78% 5. The Labrador Retriever

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1. The Irish Wolfhound 2. The Mastiff & Saint Bernard

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