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.
1 8.8 million seniors received income from private-sector pension plans. 2  For the 4.4 million seniors who reported income from a government pension in 2008, the median annual amount was $18,000. 3  For the 8.8 million seniors who reported income from a private-sector pension in 2008, the median annual amount was $7,584.