Nothing, however, is as straightforward as it seems in The Beguiled, not even its perversities. Take, for example, the lovely opening sequence in which a little, 12-year-old girl comes upon the body of the soldier in the forest. She is, at first, frozen with fear.
And nearly a quarter of married couples and almost half of unmarried retirees rely on Social Security payments for at least 90% of income. With an average monthly Social Security check of around $1,230 per month, seniors are receiving average annual payments that total just $14,760 a year.
Seniors in almost every state are struggling to afford retirement. Seniors in almost every state in the country don't have enough income to get by comfortably. Households ages 65 and older in the U.S. are living on an average of only $37,847 a year.