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SSI recipients have had their benefits adjusted for years to allow for assistance from others, such as food, housing etc. No longer. The new rule eliminates food from the calculation which can reduce benefits by up to one-third.
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A recently introduced bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would change the way the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is calculated for Social Security recipients. Currently the COLA is determined by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners (CPI-W) from the prior year. CPI-W considers the cost of food, consumer goods, housing, health…
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Summer 2021 Newsletter STILL STANDING…AND PRACTICING I published the first issue of Social Security & You in Spring of 1993. Some years I’ve published more issues than others. The most recent issue was dated Spring 2019: over 2 years ago. The world was a much different place then. Especially for me. Read the full newsletter…
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Spring 2019 Newsletter An Opioid Story I’ve changed his name. Let’s call him Gerald. He was a laborer. And by that I don’t mean that he just did physical work. He was a card-carrying member the Labor’s Union local. And that meant a lot to him. I represented him for Social Security disability and Michigan…
4+ years ago
TEXAS GOVERNOR ATTACKS SOCIAL SECURITY
Recent entry into the Republican race for President next, Texas Governor, Rick Perry, has attacked the Social Security Act as a “Ponzi scheme”. Like his predecessor, George W. Bush, Gov. Perry wants to make changes to the Social Security system that will radically change the agency’s mission.
President Bush proposed making contributions voluntary and wanted to allow workers to direct some of their money into the stock market. The market collapse and current volatility demonstrates the folly of that idea.
Gov. Perry’s analogy to the type of fraud perpetrated by investor, Bernie Madoff, is not only insulting to those who have paid into the system that supported their parents but shows a complete lack of understanding of the economics of the system.
As I have explained for years in my print newsletter, Social Security & You, a few minor tweaks and some reality-based changes such as acknowledging the longer working lives of this generation of Americans can strengthen the system. The demographic bulge of the Baby Boomer generation will be through in 30 years or so and the Social Security trust fund will stabilize.
Those considering voting for Gov. Perry for President should consider his rash comment about Social Security very carefully.
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