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In reply to the discussion: I owe some DUers an apology. [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Those making 17 K to 38 K the hardest. Especially if they are older people.
And these would be older people who have been hurt far worse than any Chained CPI stuff, as their Social Security benefits have been put on hold for two whole years, till they are 67.
I keep hoping some senior in the 58 to 63 year old category can use their law degree to get us out of that travesty. When I started paying into Social Security, back when i was nineteen, I was told the contract between me and the Social Security Administration was that I would receive bennies starting at age 65. What good is a contract when it can be changed on a person toward the end of the term of the contract?
Now, while mathematicians sort out how much of a loss occurs to any given senior if X amount, usually under five percent, is swiped from them, it is not far worse to have TWO DAMN WHOLE YEARS taken away from us?! I'd like to see Obama and Michelle and every member of Congress go without their salaries for two whole years! After all, What is good enough for the gander of us old people ought to be good enough for the maniacal Political Class and all its sorry-assed members.