Social Security COLA: Congress Gets Pay Raise, Seniors & Others Did Not

RFFM.org ^ | January 22, 2010 | Daniel T. Zanoza

[Waco]

Just read where 0’b wants to cut ALL entitlements, except politicans, don’t look Ethyl.

[Sacajaweau]

Money or honeydo??....Probably both. I watched my father’s routine....Yea...They know what they’re doing!!!

[halfright]

Not a blanket statement.....I am disabled through no fault of my own. I was cut down at 48. I figured I I was doing pretty good. Then the market where I was heavily invested crashed.
Congressional millionaires who get pay raises while we who rely on our investment into the Social Security system to scrape by month to month should be embarrassed.

[Oatka]

My wife pointed out the hidden “gotcha” in all this. As long as there is no increase in SS payments, Medicare “contributions” cannot be raised either (so far). Whenever the lid comes off and SS recipients again get a COLA, the pent-up Medicare increases will jump FAR beyond the COLA.

Case in point. Some years ago my wife got a princely $6 a month SS COLA and Medicare jumped $14.

[blam]

It's only fair...once you're elected to congress, you become ROYALTY and are better in every way than those who elected you.

Welcome to SERFDOM.

[knittnmom]

LOL! Probably right. For my parents, it’s money. But because they keep helping other family members. They have enough for themselves.

[Non-Sequitur]

My pay got cut last year. Cry me a river.

[Non-Sequitur]

stopping SS was a telling off by obama for opposing him, it’s that simple.

Sure it was. He was so foresighted that he had the rules for calculating Social Security increases drawn up years ago with revenge in 2009 in mind. The man is an evil genius. </sarcasm>

[Sacajaweau]

Newbies to Medicare this year will get the Medicare Part B raise....

For the record...When Medicare started, it was $3 a month...about an hour's salary. Today it is $96 a month...I don't know anyone who makes that an hour...Do you??

Not only that, when you join at 65, they already have a sh**load of your money....and you're still going to wind of paying about $2500 per year for Medical...about double of your food bill.

[manc]

EEK It's the stalker. that simple that even a caveman can understand it , well except attention seeking N.S. doesn't get it Yes I replied to you this time and now I'm sure I made your day happy as you'll be now sending me more posts now you got my attention. Well I'll get back to my normal reading and posting as usual by ignoring your posts . carry on.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well I'll get back to my normal reading and posting as usual by ignoring your posts . carry on.

By all means get back to what you were doing. So much whining to do...and so little time to do it in.

[balticseaviking]

Guess what no COLA for disabled vets either, as far as I can tell. I'm at 70% and the COLA helps, but not this year as no-one is going to get it. Don't tell me Hussein that the prices are the same you been to the grocery store lately? Hell, the price of arugala has gone up, I can't afford it, damn!!