What irritates me is how the gov’t “redefines” things to their own benefit. For example, the cost of distillate fuels is no longer figured into the Cost of Living. Of course, my SS check depends on that statistic. Since this clown took office in 2008, I’ve had a 0.2% increase in my SS check. Am I really supposed to believe that CoL costs have only increased by two-tenths of one percent since Obozo took office? Yet, transfer payments (e.g., welfare, ADC, food stamps, etc.) have risen 31% during the same time. When I retired I figured out that I needed to live to 137 to breakeven on SS. Now it’s more like 150 years old. Now he want to give even more to a bunch of illegals. This crap has got to stop.
2009 0.0
2010 0.0
2011 3.6
2012 1.7
2013 1.5
2014 1.7
2015 0.0
https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/colaseries.html
We have a bunch of liars in DC.
My estimate is that the cost of living is up about 60%.
Theirs is about 9%.
I didn't realize that! 31% while we get nothing on SS while Medicare increases negate SS COLAs. Too bad seniors can't lobby for food stamps, Obama-phones, free housing, etc. We deserve it more for having worked all our lives paying taxes to fund the gimme-dats.