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.
Social Security is the main source of income for a majority of retired Americans -â not pensions or retirement savings -â which is one reason so many seniors lack money. The average Social Security payment for a retired worker at the start of 2012 was only $1,230 a month -- or $14,760 a year. Another study published last year also revealed grim results, predicting that the average baby boomer would fall far short on their necessary retirement income-- about 44 percent short.