Benefits for Social Security recipients and many federal government retirees will increase by 5.8 percent next year, the largest cost of living adjustment in a quarter century, following a year of rising food and energy prices.
While energy costs and inflation generally have been coming down in recent months -- prices fell by 0.1 from July through September, compared to the same in the prior year. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
