By Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-4) There’s a lot of talk in D.C. about using Social Security to help pay down the federal deficit. Despite the…
Most seniors are aware of the impact of the consumer price index (CPI) on their cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). But a widely-debated deficit reduction proposal that…
Seniors have lost almost one-third of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2013 Annual Survey of Senior Costs, conducted by The Senior Citizens…
Representative C.W. Bill Young (FL-13) Thank you for signing a petition organized by The Senior Citizens League on various issues dealing with Social Security that…
12 Ways Seniors Would Get Less, Pay More Efforts are quietly underway to lay the groundwork for a far-reaching fiscal deal that involves Social Security…
Mary Johnson, Editor Ninety-seven percent of seniors say that their monthly Social Security benefits rose by less than $39 in 2013, but only 11% say…
Most analysts believe that switching to a more – stingy measure of inflation to determine annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) will form a key provision to…
TSCL Tells Congress —”Leave Social Security and Medicare out of Budget Negotiations” It’s no longer a matter of ‘if’ Congress will cut Social Security and…
Economists are saying that cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) overpay seniors and that recipients don’t need so much money to maintain their standard of living. Cuts to…
COLAs Go Over The Fiscal Cliff Economic forecasts for 2013 warn of a financial crisis ahead. Nobody is feeling it more acutely than seniors living…