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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:48 AM Original message |
Social Security Checks Rising 2.3 Percent |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. So that's about, what, 1/8th of the real inflation rate? |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. whoopty f *cking ding! n/t |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's obscene. |
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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The increase on my husband's disability won't even fill the gas tank. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I'm fortunate. |
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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We are lucky too. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. That is less than half of the official inflation rate and for most SS recipients |
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Sukie1941 (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Also deduct for next year's Medicare premium increase |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That increase alone would wipe out the increase in monthly SS for most people |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And that, I believe, is the goal line |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. they seem to have forgotten one thing in their plan |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Inflation measurement fakery |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Is it called hedonics because it allows more time for the pursuit of |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. Gotta love that Clintonese measure of inflation. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes , I doubt Mrs Clinton will say anything about this. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm sure you're right. (n/t) |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's OK, Congress will vote themselves a whopping pay raise |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And We the People continue to BEND OVER! |
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