New Bill Would Guarantee Seniors A Minimum Social Security

[allan]

New Bill Would Guarantee Seniors a Minimum Social Security

Boost of Three Percent Every Year

Dear friend,

Congress has been fiddling around with healthcare over the past few months and that has pushed the issue of no COLA in 2010 to the bottom of the pile.

But, TSCL hasn't forgotten and I'm sure you haven't either! TSCL is keeping the pressure on Congress. Recently, we have sent out mass faxes to Congress demanding they make COLA a priority.

TSCL has also come out in support of a new bill "The Guaranteed 3% COLA for Seniors Act of 2009." The bill (H.R. 4193) is a reaction to news that seniors will not receive any Cost of Living Adjustment in 2010.

We all know there will be no COLA next year. We know you haven't forgotten either and we need you to continue to demand it happen. As the year quickly is drawing to a close, we need your support.

A guaranteed 3% COLA is exactly what America's seniors need to keep up with inflation.

Please also spread the word by urging your friends to sign the Emergency COLA petition. Forward this email and ask them to visit http://www.tscl.org/action/emergencycola.asp to sign the petition.

Thank you for your continued support.

Daniel O'Connell

Board Chairman

The Senior Citizens League

P.S. It's vital that we keep the pressure on Congress to grant a basic increase in our Social Security COLA for 2010. Please keep the pressure on your members of Congress by

signing the petition, getting others to sign, and making a contribution to TSCL's efforts to get an emergency Social Security COLA for you and millions of other seniors for 2010!

Edited December 18, 2009 by allan

[Testvet]

COLA's are based on the CPI and have been for more than 25 years this year is the first time there has been no COLA for SS and veterans yes our COLAs are tied to what SS recipients get and it does not matter who has control of the Congress or the White House that is one of the reasons they went to the CPI formula almost 3 decades ago, to take the politics out of it so neither party could use it as an election issue as it should be, I don't remember anyone getting upset when we got that huge raise last year 5.8% which a lot of it was based on high gas prices from 2007-2008 and then they went down from 4 dollars a gallon to 2.25 a gallon it will take ahile for inflation to catch up with this anamoly yes our utility bills and other stuff are going up and so is the unemployment rate the whole country is screwed and it has nothing to do with either party it's just life

[broncovet]

I respectfully disagree that there is no politics in whether or not Vets get a Cola for several reasons:

1. First, this government formula determining Cola is subject to manipulation by the powers that be. A really good example of this is the political mathematical genius that figured out that half (50%) of $2673 is $770. This formula does not use math we learned in second grade, but rather is a manipulation extraction that makes the budget work, and shafts 50% disabled Veterans out of about $500 per month. I may not be a rocket scientist by my calculator says 50% of $2673 is $1336.50 and not $770.

2. If some presidents are given credit for a good economy, then others should have to take the blame when the economy goes south, even when they are in the same political party.

3. If there was truly zero inflation last year, why did seniors medicaid go up which results in seniors social security payments actually going down from last year?

4. If "the other" political party was in power, and we got a zero Cola, would the president not be blamed for shafting Veterans?

5. If this CPI-W is truly a reflection of the bad economy, then who is to blame for the bad economy..the previous administration?

Edited December 22, 2009 by broncovet

[Philip Rogers]

Don't you think we get enough? I do. It's a darn nice retirement pkg. We should all be thankful for what we do get!

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