protect the seniors

[luckyleftyme2]

Obama has recommended a $250 stimulus check for those of us on social security; this would help if he froze medicare increases and froze the insurances companies from raising their medicare supplement monthly fees. In Maine last year the average cola went for the increase in these monthly bills. When I got my increase last year I had about $6 a month left after paying my medicare and supplement insurances to spend on other bills!
COME ON NOW IF WE CAN PROP UP WALL STREET ; WE CAN PROTECT OUR SENIORS! BECAUSE WITHOUT SENIORS THEIR WOULD BE NO WALL STREET!

[sam sarrha]

1. the ReThuglicans obviously consider old people .."Worthless Eaters" ..a quote by A. Hitler

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. K&R

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Or Obama could make good on his campaign rhetoric

and remove the income tax burden from Social Security recipients who make under 50,000 a year.

[luckyleftyme2]

4. DO YA THINK

Well you could help by electing democrats who will vote for it!

[iamjoy]

5. I'm More Worried About The Kids

I'm more worried about the children. When you hear about unemployment numbers and then consider "true unemployment" do you wonder how many of those unemployed have children? What if you have a single parent household and the person is unemployed or a family with both/all wage earners unable to find a job? If the unemployment has run out, how are they feeding their families? What are they doing for health care? Maybe some of them can get Medicaid, but I hear there's not a lot of funding for that, either.

What about the young people who are working today but realize that because of demographics, they are unlikely to get out of social security what they put into it? Many workers who have had steady employment may have realized they wouldn't be able to rely on Social Security. Maybe they started investing within the past 10 years. The lucky and smart ones may have seen their initial investment increase, but some may have seen a decrease. Consider that as more baby boomers retire, they are going to pull more money out of investments, making it harder for current workers to grow a "nest egg" for their kids' higher education as well as their own retirement. Those are the lucky ones, though, because at least they have a job, can feed their families and even have a little left over to save/invest. What is going to happen to these people when they become senior citizens?

[Lugnut]

6. Hear, hear!

My Medigap policy premium is going up from $106 per month to $138 and copays have gone up. Utility bills have gone up as have gas prices. No COLA for 2010 is really going to hurt and the $250 one-time payment won't help much. The formula for calculating SS COLA needs to reflect a more accurate reality.

[old mark]

7. I'm a retired PA State employee - we got a COLA in our pension

in 2007 - the first one since we unionized in 1973. Prices have gone up a bit since then, as have salaries and benefits of all elected officials and legislators.

I can't even remember the percentage, but it was an insult, and Rendell acted like he was Mr. Wonderful for throwing us the crumbs.
Of course, the budget is in shortfall now, so guess who is geting laid off.

mark

[Lugnut]

8. The legislators sure aren't being laid off.

They gave up very little compared to others who've had their funding slashed.