Post-millenium generation reaction
Wow, has any of you other retired folks noticed that rents went up over 12%, food has gone up about at least 5% even counting the outrageous prices of meat and eggs. How about the cost of clothes, 5%. What the hell are they calculating this inflation on anyway - farm tractors? Can’t figure out there reasoning even after searching on the internet.
I think that this administration is trying to save money on the backs of the retired for their own benefit...geez!
Post-millenium generation reaction
This is going to be an important test of just how powerful, or at least how dedicated to the welfare of their members, AARP and the Seniors’ lobby still is.
If they can’t push through a decent COLA in what’s supposed to became booming, full employment economy, there’s no way they can put up a decent fight on what’s coming their way with Social Security and Medicare insolvency, as well as the nastier provisions of Obamacare.
They're through the roof too!
Means Ret. Military won’t get one either. Since we both are over 65, he is Ret. SCPO, even if I used the just as costly Commissary for food, We’d still have to eliminate or RATION a lot of fresh foods and beef, some pork, cereals, eggs, milk as these are the food groups that have risen the most.
It is only because gas has gone down we have made the past few months with out extreme rationing. As both of us have had more than usual medical trips we’ve had to make. And since we live in the boonies it takes a 60-90 min round trip drive for a doctor’s visit or testing. Only thing we have close is a Rehab place. Refuse to use a GP as they have snot nosed sick kids in their waiting rooms that don’t know what a Kleenex is or to cover their mouths when they cough. They touch every thing with their germ infested hands.
I love kids, BUT I also raised them and know that they are a big spreader of germs once school starts, along with bringing home Lice they didn’t have when they went to school. DUH, try a head inspection as they walk in the door, turn away those that are infested to be treated before they come back to school would cut that issue down.