Enjoy Colon-COLAs!

Oh Joy! 

I recently feverishly tore open my notice from the Social Security Administration to view the big COLA increase we recipients were promised. You know, the one we were supposed to get when the cost of living went up, but didn’t for two years… those two years when state and local taxes soared, fuel prices leaped, groceries & healthcare zoomed, but that and more just somehow didn’t count.
 

What’s this about Class Warfare, Kemosabe?

In the wake of President Obama’s call to arms regarding the need to impose a bit more income tax on the wealthiest individuals and corporations in order to move toward a balanced budget, Republicans are whining and grousing again about CLASS WARFARE on that embattled segment of our population. Oh how unfair!

COLA Wars: The Bipartisan Rip-Off of Seniors

Contrary to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you may have noticed that there HAS been a significant increase in the cost of living for Seniors in the past two years, although our Social Security Benefits have not been increased via COLAs for two years as they are supposed to do as the cost of living increases. Why?