.........Countdown to starvation
AJ is that $437.00 your CPP or your OAS ? it can't be both , I was out of the country for 12 years and didn't pay much in for 3 before that so I have a 15 year gap in my CPP and if I was 65 and retired today I would see about that much from CPP . If your retiring at 65 ? you should be able to collect your CPP plus the OAS .You should also be eligible for the GIS - Guaranteed income supplement which is based on your total income from all sources while receiving your OAS as long as your combined income is below a certain level .
PS I just did a check on the Service Canada site and if I was 65 today and retired I would receive $579 per month based on my contributions to date from CPP alone then I would also be eligible for OAS which is $583.74 base rate for a person who reported income of less than $114,185 on their 2017 taxes , mine based on my CPP pension earnings would work out to a combined OAS and GIS of $1077.20 per month on top of my CPP giving me $1656.20 per month to live on .
PPS . unfortunately I am only 55 so I have to work 10 more years before I can collect anything . Of course the rates will go up and my further contributions will also raise my benefit amount but we know it's a zero sum game at best when indexed for inflation .
I like your math, but I'm not expecting to live that long here on this earth,lol. This is a Jubilee year on Gods calendar, and I would be somewhat surprised If Jesus didn't return on the fall feasts.If He doesn't, I suppose we might have to endure another 7 years, if somebody got the jubilee year wrong. But if they missed by a year, then I suppose it could be next fall..... but I haven't heard about the two witnesses yet, so who knows. Damascus is just a few bombs away from being a ruinous heap, so God's timetable is progressing nicely.
Do I qualify for OAS at 65? I didn't think so. But if I do then that might postpone the end a few weeks,lol.
But hey, I still have a day-job, and it's government, and it's the kindof job that almost no-one wants to be without; I pick up the garbage and recycles, and police the landfill station, for a total of 24 hours a week. So when the SHTF, hopefully I won't be the first one to be laid off....... but I ain't holding my breath. The thing is God has taken care of me for a very long time. So far as I can tell, every time a door has shut for me, another has opened, and all I had to do was step inside. So For close to 40 years I have never been unemployed. I never made a lotta money, but it's always been honest work, and the checks have never been interrupted much.This last job was freaky! I quit on a Friday with no future, heard about this job on Saturday, and in two weeks I was on the payroll. God is good.
