NO benefit increase next year for millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retiree

PLEASE VIEW THIS IMPORTANT INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO FROM THE NRA

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THE WAY IN WHICH THE  INFLATION RATE IS CALCULATED IS  JUST ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SCAM TO SCREW ELDERLY AMERICANS OUT OF A RAISE ! WE ALL NO THE CLAIM OF NO INFLATION IS A LOT OF BS  & A OUTRIGHT LIE ,BUT THIS IS BESIDE THE POINT ! THE GOVERNMENT IS SURE TO HAVE  PLENTY OF MONEY TO GIVE ILLEGALS FREE EDUCATION & HEALTHCARE "SO WHY THE HELL SHOULDN'T POOR OLDER ANERICANS GET A RAISE ON THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY ! OUR DAM INSURENCE IS GOING UP 50 % DON'T THE IDIOTS IN CONGRESS KNOW THATS A HELL OF A LOT OF INFLATION!


THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOUR US CONGRESS & YOUR BLACK PRESIDENT SAY WILL  GET NO RAISE BECAUSE OF THE WAY INFLATION IS CALCULATED (WHICH IS A SCAM)

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no benefit increase next year for millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees, the government said Thursday.

It's just the third time in 40 years that payments will remain flat. All three times have come since 2010.

And there's more bad news. The lack of a benefit increase means that many older people could face higher Medicare costs, an issue that has advocates lobbying Congress.

The main reason for no increase next year is low gas prices.

By law, the annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is based on a government measure of inflation. That gauge came out Thursday.

As of Wednesday, AAA said the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.30, about 90 cents less than it was a year ago.

"The big story has been the plunging gas prices," said Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "There's not a lot of inflation anywhere."

The announcement will affect benefits for more than 70 million people, more than one-fifth of the nation's population.

Almost 60 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children get Social Security benefits. The average monthly Social Security payment is $1,224.

The COLA also affects benefits for about 4 million disabled veterans, 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. Many people who get SSI also receive Social Security.

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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, met with conservative members of the GOP caucus Thursday to talk about how to deal with government funding and Planned Parenthood.

Senate Leadership
Title	Member Name	DC Phone	DC FAX
President Pro Tempore	Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)	202-224-5251	202-224-6331
Majority Leader	Mitch McConnell (R-KY)	202-224-2541	202-228-1374
Majority Whip	John Cornyn (R-TX)	202-224-2934	Not Available
Minority Leader	Harry Reid (D-NV)	202-224-3542	202-224-7327
House Leadership
Title	Member Name	DC Phone	DC FAX
Speaker	John A. Boehner (R-OH)	202-225-6205	202-225-0704
Majority Leader	Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)	202-225-2915	202-225-2908
Majority Whip	Steve Scalise (R-LA)	202-225-3015	202-226-0386
Minority Leader	Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)	202-225-4965	202-225-8259
Minority Whip	Steny Hoyer (D-MD)	202-225-4131	202-225-4300

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