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.

[Pete53]

May be selfish but somehow I am at Peace with this even though no cola. I guess that it is fairly secure and with Democrats running the government at least it won't be taken away anytime soon. May consider taking in someone to help share expenses of household.

[rentalguy1]

Like to add that I'm OK with it, too. My financial house is pretty much in order, but it took decades of work to get it there.

You're right about the D's not taking it away anytime soon. They are the better party to have in power when it comes to folks like us. We do need to be mindful of all the new taxes coming down the pike, though. They does effect all of us, whether we ask for it or not.

John, I'm not nervous over a economic crisis. I am scared sh*tless over socialists taking my country away, though.

[Testvet]

the military and VA are socialist programs we have the bext taxpayers can buy us as bad asmany people say VA healthcareis I can think of 47 million Americans that would love to have our access to healthcare, and if I remember right it was Bernake and Paulson that socialized losses on Wall Street and kept profits in the "free enterprise system" I doubt we are going socialist but SS andMedicare have been socialist programs for decades and they work well

there is a difference of social programs that help all and the russian term of socialism

[rentalguy1]

what do you call it when government takes over private entities such as banks and auto manufacturers and then begins to fire the CEO's? Oh, that's right. That's not socialism. That's fascism. I think the world had enough of that mentality in the 1930's and 40's.

As far as the 47 million Americans that would love to have our form of healthcare...don't kid yourself. There might be half the country that would like that. The rest want to do the right thing and take care of themselves instead having their government be there keeper. Also, if the other 47 million Americans were in our system, how well do you think it would work then? They can't handle what they have now. There is a reason that people who live in countries where socialized medicine is the norm come to the US to get medical care.

Social programs are fine, so long as they are kept in check and the fraud is kept to a minimum. Please don't confuse the good work of the social programs with a pervasive socialist attitude that seeps into everything. As soon as the businesses are controlled by the government, all is lost. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

OK, Pete. Maybe it's time to shut it down. I can sense that I'm gonna get real political soon.

Edited May 6, 2009 by rentalguy1

[carlie]

I am content to have two checks coming in each month, a partner who is employed

food, power,health care, internet, family,people I can count on --

and having the common sense to live within my means.

Most of those doing so poorly financially is due to Health, Job loss, and buying a bunch

of crap they knew they could not afford, even though the financial institutions

approved them.

Let's get real, a family of 4 making bringing in $50,000.00 a year knows they can't afford

a $250,000.00 dollar house -

2 car payments -

cable tv,

internet,

cell phones for 10 or 12 year old's,

birthday parties for everyone,

dining out or fast food 3 or 4 times a week,

and then take everyone to the mountains, beach or Disney for a vacation.

They just keep getting more plastic cards and Maxing them out - barely able to make the interest payments, much less on time.

Many have re-fied and sucked decades of equity out of their most prized possession -

their home and are now up-side down on their finances.

All of the above -- they knew they could not afford.

As far as the possibility of no cola's for VA and SSA for the next year or two - it's all

revolves around inflation. Most likely today's inflation percentage will be quite different by

August.

By then I may need to re-evaluate some of my own expenses and down-size the many luxuries I have and use.

This topic began with,

"I just read today in the SF cronicle that there wil be no cola for ssd and I believe for VA comp."

Cola's are not anything to even start seriously debating until after around August.

Again, let's keep to the topic MINUS the politics of the topic.

carlie

[john999]

Socialism is good as long as it is for the rich. Welfare is bad unless it is corporate welfare. We are so far from socialism it is a joke. We have an elite class of financial wizards who have run the economy into the ditch. Now they approve in every way of socialism as long as the working people pay it, and they get it. Heaven forbid a poor man gets socialism. The poor have to suck it up, and the rich get to ride.