No Cola For Ssd Maybe Va Comp

[calnight]

I just read today in the SF cronicle that there wil be no cola for ssd and I believe for VA comp. The article said due to low inflation that there will be no cola for ssd and ss It said nothing about VA comp but guess since there is nothing for ssd then this will be the same for va comp. Also said that there will be no cola for the next 2 years and medicade or medicare will go up to 119.00 a month. Now dont take this for word just what I read today in the SF cronicle.

[Philip Rogers]

I guess everyone's happy cuz they're all complaining, 'cept me. I must be be depressed cuz I'm content! jmo

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[rentalguy1]

Tyler,

I mispoke. The omnibus bill made our national debt larger than the combined national debts of every other president we've ever had. It is the largest spending bill that we've ever had, and it had over 9000 earmarks in it.

[Testvet]

Given the national debt was 11 trillion and that does NOT include all of the money the Federal reserve has put into guarantees since Oct 2008 somwhere in the 3 trillion dollar range not counting the billions approved for bailing out Wall Street almost another trillion and then the gurantees for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the gurantees for FDIC and retirement plans the feds have taken over and the guarantees for SS and Medicare we are obliged to pay the omnibus bill of 2009 and the stimulus are small compared to them, Bushs budget for 2009 was 3.1 trillion and did not include the cost of the wars nor did it include 680 billion for a down payment on a national healthcare plan, the 2010 proposed budget is what 3.4 trillion including the war funding and 684 billion for healthcare, there are a lot of things at play and many are not out in front of public pervue, this nation is not far from the poor house and if China ever dumps it's dollars on the market they hurt themselves and us, they need us as much as we need them and they spend less than 1/10th annually on military budgets as we do.

We need leadership by some grown ups for fiscal health and I haven't seen it from any one lately except Ron Paul and he isn't getting much attention. I suggest everyone stock up on some real money silver and gold when it all falls apart silver and gold are real and will always be accepted anywhere in the world

[rentalguy1]

I can think of two other metals to stock up on: brass and lead

[john999]

DON'T PANIC! Life sucks and then you die! I had a lousey childhood; a crummy adulthood and old age really stinks. Why should I worry about economic collapse.

[purple]

My personal household has been in economic collaspe for many years.....I don't really notice a "bad economy"...all the same to me!