Christopher wrote on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:43:00 -0700 (PDT):

> On Oct 12, 6:58 am, walt tonne > wrote:
>> On Oct 12, 2:43 am, "Lawrence Akutagawa"
>> > wrote:
>>
> >> Funny - stuff like water rates still keep going up
> >> hereabouts.
>>
> >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101011/...al_security_no...
>>
> >> Seniors prepared to cut back on everything from food to
> >> charitable donations to whiskey as word spread Monday that
> >> they will have to wait until at least 2012 to see their
> >> Social Security checks increase.

There is an evident contradiction here. Why should cut-backs be needed
when Social Security is pegged to the CPI which has hardly changed. Does
the CPI not measure the cost of living and thus a need for increases?


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James Silverton
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