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Government Says No COLAs for Social Security in 2016
US News and World Report ^ | 10/15/2015 | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

Posted on 10/15/2015 7:57:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind
All political. . Hillary will bring back, blah, blah. . .
21 posted on 10/15/2015 8:23:14 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: SeekAndFind

prices falling?

Depression?


22 posted on 10/15/2015 8:25:58 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SeekAndFind

No money for me or thee, but we’ve got lots of money for the illegals and muslim invitees.

The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.
Michelle “Vacay” Obama

Or

The truth is, fellow peasants, in order to afford transforming our beloved country into a dangerous 3rd world ****hole, you are going to have to put off retirement & work a lot harder for a lot longer ... you didn’t (and won’t) earn it anyway.


23 posted on 10/15/2015 8:28:39 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Join AARP and vote Democrat! They’ll take care of you!


24 posted on 10/15/2015 8:37:31 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SeekAndFind
it's the un-COLA



25 posted on 10/15/2015 8:43:59 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a Presidential Election Year. Obama is not running so there will be no automatic raise. Watch in 2016, there will be a substantial raise, because it will be Hillary and Biden vs Trump and Cruz.


26 posted on 10/15/2015 8:45:08 AM PDT by hondact200 (politicians and diapers are similiar. They both have to be changed often for the very same reason)
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To: SeekAndFind

The gutting of the middle class continues. The banks haven’t quite stolen everything yet. They’ll be going NIRP very soon. I expect them to hire shakers by the time they’re done; Big guys who’ll grab you by the ankles and shake you upside down to get the change out of your pockets.


27 posted on 10/15/2015 8:49:26 AM PDT by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: ColdOne

Imagine if it was President Bush


28 posted on 10/15/2015 8:56:10 AM PDT by italianquaker
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To: SeekAndFind
See what that idiot Mayor Bloomberg has done. Now they are banning our senior citizens, some veterans of war, from having cola. How dare they decide what kind of liquid refreshment a.....WHAT?....er...ah..

never mind :-)

29 posted on 10/15/2015 9:01:58 AM PDT by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s right because while gasoline is flat all the rest of the prices paid are going up and up and up....


30 posted on 10/15/2015 9:08:41 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: yarddog

I thought that too so I did a little digging.

Seems that “Core Inflation” excludes food and energy. However, the COLA has always been calculated off the Consumer Price Index, which does include food and energy.

For a good explanation see http://inflationdata.com/articles/2008/02/24/what-is-core-inflation-and-why-doesnt-it-include-food-and-energy/


31 posted on 10/15/2015 9:11:33 AM PDT by Go_Raiders (Freedom doesn't give you the right to take from others, no matter how innocent your program sounds.)
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To: hadaclueonce

I too am confused . Now they base SS on gas prices being low, but don’t for inflation!

So if those who are old or disabled can’t drive then because of gas prices being lower then they see everything else go up except SS.

3 times in 40 years and all under this fairy boy, and yet if Bush had done this there would be an outcry from the AARP etc.


32 posted on 10/15/2015 9:13:09 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: italianquaker

If Bush had done this the media and the groups like AARP would be talking about this non stop. This is their fairy boy though so it’s alright while money goes to illegals.


33 posted on 10/15/2015 9:15:36 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: vpintheak

Great question. Where can we find that out?


34 posted on 10/15/2015 9:17:41 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, great, one more year of eating dog food.


35 posted on 10/15/2015 9:18:44 AM PDT by PROCON (A proud CRUZader.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Does this mean that NO FEDERAL workers are getting raises?


36 posted on 10/15/2015 9:19:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Gaffer
I am more than a few years from signing up for Medicare so, this is all new to me. Here is the latest article describing who would get the increase. As usual it is a very complex formula from your best friend, Fedzilla.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2015/10/15/rising-medicare-premiums-will-you-pay-more-in-2016/

37 posted on 10/15/2015 9:26:25 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Chgogal

I’ve been on it since January 2015. It seems they spend their time trying to find ways to take away what I get from SS for any reason they can. They really, really hate those of us out here who contributed the maximum SS OASDI payments (for me, as long as they put a cap on it) because the payout each month is too high in their estimation.


38 posted on 10/15/2015 9:31:28 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: SeekAndFind

Their whole system was designed this way. they were going to shift resources to higher qaly score individuals.


39 posted on 10/15/2015 9:39:27 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Every Government employee and politician in office ought to be on Medicare.


40 posted on 10/15/2015 9:41:03 AM PDT by Fhios
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