“A big fat two Twenty dollar bills for our seniors to spend for all their essentials.”
I’m 84 and don’t know ANYONE who lives on just SS.
Most of us have pensions and savings to draw on.
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I'm afraid your comment sounds just a bit elitist in tone.
We've already heard from people that depend on SS and SSI for a crucial supplement to their pensions--thru no fault of their own.
Lumping these people in with welfare grifters and other SS scammers is going to be seen as an insult on the face of it.
Is this pittance of an SS increase a sign of a responible government acting honestly in fulfillment of a good faith financial contract?
An excellent comment upthread puts it very clearly: " Bullshit!
If I had the money that was contributed in my name, I could have over $2,000,000 in principle built up at this point."
If we allow Big Government to weasel out on a contemptible SS increase like this and save a ton of capital on the backs of seniors, then we can't complain if the same Big Government continues to spend that money recklessly & suicidedly on Washington's mountain of socialist/communist enterprises.