Kevin Teel

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

@VinnysCorner1 Joe Morgan

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.

More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸

[🇺🇸 Justice @250_Revolution]

Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for 40 years on every salary I received. Those jobs may not have always been the work I wanted to be doing at the time, BUT I always had a job. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.

I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it. The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.

If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security. If you calculate the future value of your monthly investment in social security ($375/month, including both you and your employers contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved! This is your personal investment. Upon retirement, if you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per month.

That's almost three times more than today's average Social Security benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security Administration. (Google it – it’s a fact).

And your retirement fund would last more than 33 years (until you're 98 if you retire at age 65)! I can only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk interest-earning accounts.

Instead, the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger "Ponzi scheme" than Bernie Madoff ever did. They took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer.
But is it our fault they misused our investments? And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!

Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.
Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.

😡😡😡✅

[Hoover Athletics @HHHS_Sports]

HHHS Track and Field will host the Hoover Invitational this evening. Come out and support the Huskies!! #TheRiver #GoHuskies

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

@GetOnTap Try the Rustic Roots in Durbin. The food and drinks are great..

[Lisa @teelmom]

Once again, @Delta provides a terrible, stressful ending to my fun, relaxing vacation by canceling my flight home! Of course no one gives you information on why it was cancelled and everyone gives you different information!
#PoorService
#dissatisfiedcustomer

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Arguably my favourite stat ever

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

@OleTimeHardball Yes

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

@SpencerWeather Maybe the city could stock it with trout?

[Cincinnati Reds @Reds]

CINCINNATI REDS SHORTSTOP, ELLY DE LA CRUZ

[Jason Whitlock @jasonwhitlock]

We're going to get the best Final Four money can buy. The best and most expensive teams headed to San Antonio. We've landed on a system that completely wipes out the non-elites and the people responsible will call it progress.

[Larry The Cable Guy @GitRDoneLarry]

👏👏👏💯

[Remember The Fallen @44MagnumBlue1]

U.S. Army Specialist 5 Johnnie Marvin Ayers was killed in action on January 17, 1969 in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. Johnnie was 19 years old & from Elkview, West Virginia. 173rd Engineer Co, 173rd Support Bn, 173rd Airborne Brigade. Remember Johnnie today. “Sky Soldier”🇺🇸

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

@CassidyWoodTV I hope it is Cass! Happy Birthday!

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

@Kenny_Wallace OMG Herm! The exact same thing happened to me only day earlier.. I can go one step further, My flight out of Miami was cancelled Saturday. Long story short my sick ass had to rent a car and drive the last 3 hours home on Sunday. I finally feel better today. lol The cruise was fun

[Sen. Marsha Blackburn @MarshaBlackburn]

RT if you want President Trump to make Epstein’s flight logs public.

[The Civil Rights Lawyer @johnbryanesq]

The DEA when they find your hard earned and lawfully possessed cash at the airport…

[Mike Damone @damone_mike]

There was a time in my life when my tap was one of the most valuable things I owned.

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

@HannahGoetztv Wow, Prayers for everyone effected! I hope help arrives fast!

[Kevin Teel @KETeel]

I agree! Andie is awesome!

[Jessica Patterson @broadcastgirl]

Shout out to this ray of sunshine as she sets off on her next adventure!
It's been so great getting to work with you these past three years and to call you a friend!
Milwaukee is getting one of the best!
We'll miss you in the Mountain State, @AndieBernhardt, but so proud of you!