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Re: OFF TOPIC: Social security benefit payment increase
| Re: OFF TOPIC: Social security benefit payment increase [message #354456] |
Sun, 15 October 2017 11:48 |
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Originally posted by: JimP
On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:43:17 -0500, Dave Garland
<dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:
> On 10/14/2017 1:01 PM, JimP wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:09:53 -0700 (PDT), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
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>>> Social security recipients get a 2% increase next year.
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>>> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-2018-increase/
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>> Yeah, not much though. Very likely much less than any Congressional
>> pay increase.
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> So cynical! It's not the Congressional pay increase, it's what they'll
> make from either campaign contributions that can be converted to
> personal income, or from the cush job waiting for them when they leave
> Congress. Which are reasons why "term limits" don't help much.
After 5 years, even if kicked out or recalled, a member of Congress
gets essentially a golden parachute.
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