tod evans
10-14-2013, 05:55 AM
This article wasn't worth copying so I've only included the parts where they give numbers relevant to SSI.
If a person adds in the segment of society that sucks the federal tit for a "job" it's gotta be way more than half the population!
No wonder we've got problems......
Social Security benefit increase could be among lowest in decades
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/14/social-security-benefit-increase-could-be-among-lowest-in-decades/?intcmp=latestnews
More than a fifth of the country is waiting.
Nearly 58 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children get Social Security benefits. The average monthly payment is $1,162. A 1.5 percent raise would increase the typical monthly payment by about $17.
The COLA also affects benefits for more than 3 million disabled veterans, about 2.5 million federal retirees and their survivors and more than 8 million people who get Supplemental Security Income, the disability program for the poor.
If a person adds in the segment of society that sucks the federal tit for a "job" it's gotta be way more than half the population!
No wonder we've got problems......
Social Security benefit increase could be among lowest in decades
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/14/social-security-benefit-increase-could-be-among-lowest-in-decades/?intcmp=latestnews
More than a fifth of the country is waiting.
Nearly 58 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children get Social Security benefits. The average monthly payment is $1,162. A 1.5 percent raise would increase the typical monthly payment by about $17.
The COLA also affects benefits for more than 3 million disabled veterans, about 2.5 million federal retirees and their survivors and more than 8 million people who get Supplemental Security Income, the disability program for the poor.