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In reply to the discussion: Am I wrong that Obama's chained CPI proposal exempts the bottom 20% of seniors? [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)You posted that in one of your replies on this thread. You have been using starvation as a measure for poverty. Seriously, you have. More than once on this thrad. Do you realize what many people on Social Security do to keep from starving? The don't turn on the heat until the temperature in their home drops below 50 degrees. They flirt with eviction on a continual basis. They alternate days when they take their meds.
I do not believe that you read any authoritative source that the bottom 20% of people on Social Security will be exempted from the Chained CPI. As far as I can see, and I have been looking, no specific figures have been released, but the term being thrown around is "those below the poverty line." You remember all of the debate that's been going on about whether or not Republican governors will accept the Medicaid expansion that is part of Obamacare and how important it is to so many people's lives that the Medicaid cut off level be raised? Do you realize that the proposed new standard is to include people earning, I think I have the figure right but if not it is close - up to 133% of the poverty line? And you think it is reasonable to cut Social Security benefits for those whose income puts them at 105% of the poverty line?
You are using the fucking poverty line as a justification for shrinking the safety net for everyone even marginally above it?!? People working at full time at minimum wage have incomes above the poverty line? Do you think we should cut the minimum wage too?