Comments on: No 2010 COLA Increase in Social Security - Is “Stimulus” Payment an End Run on the System

By: Reba Deal

Reba Deal — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:06:00 +0000

The government must not shop at the same grocery stores that I do. Prices of many items (not just on food)have gone up. It’s unfortunate that the stimulas money sent to individuals probably came out of the pockets of those living on social security. That stimulas money may have made someone look good for a short time but as always “what goes round comes round.” It appears the money was probably just switched from one hand to the other.

By: jnmburk

jnmburk — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:19:21 +0000

OK So there wont be an Increase in Disability and SSI and VA Benefits. BUT They increase the medicare premium by almost $20.00 per month. How is this fair. Its now up to $110.00 per month to carry Insurance, and you still have co pays and HIGH Deductibles. And this $250.00 one time payment is going to do what? Buy Groceries for ONE month, what about the other 11 months of the year, where they pay more money for insurance, higher co pays and prescription drug costs? How is this Fair. The only reason people Complain about recipients of SSI/SSD/VA benefits getting another Payment is cause they wont get one. Did you hear them complain cause you were able to get a HUGE stimulus payment back? Probably not!

By: joe v

joe v — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:10:00 +0000

If the drug companies can raise the cost of drugs by 10% a year.. and the politicians can raise there expense pay in ny at least 15% a day.. in 2010 why cant seniors have ssi increase of 3%

By: bj

bj — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:59 +0000

get real under $5.00 a week gets me 1/2 gal of milk maybe

By: paraplegic

paraplegic — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:49:19 +0000

problem is formula does not accurately represent the cost of living for the majority of seniors living primarily off of social security. i live pretty much the same from month to month. Same grocery list, same utility bills, same bus fare, same medical needs, samo, samo, samo. I know my dollars do not go as far as they did this time last year. Electric rates are up. Prescription drugs are up. Copay at the Dr. is up. Dental cleaning is up. Same bag of groceries is up, up, up, up. Maybe the price of a Lexus is down,or a Cruise to the Med. is down, but these aren’t on my survival list. So lets spend less time on $250.00 here and there, and 2% one year, 3% the next, 1.5% the next and the 5.8% and then nothing and lets get the powers to be to address the real the problem. The CPI-W just doesn’t work. I am not a clerical worker. I am a retired veteran who deserves more.

By: papajuan

papajuan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:27:05 +0000

You have to see today’s NY Times “Economic Scene” column by David Leonhardt. He poses the question, if you wanted to use the $250 grant to help one group of people who would it be: teenagers and young adults, the unemployed, taxpayers of the future, or the group that survived the last depression? He quotes Rosanne Altshuler of the Tax Payer Center that the proposed $250 checks “seem to be pure pandering to seniors”. Even some of the President’s economic advisors seem to think this is a nutty idea.

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» No Social Security Increase in 2010 Topretirements — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:55:43 +0000

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