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Why don't the government raise ssi check s

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Miking 009posted 2 years ago
Why don't the government raise ssi check s

Ssi should increase from$733 to$1300 a mouth really not enough $733 for the American people to live off of.

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Shyron E Shenkoposted 2 years ago
If the Congress raised the SSI benefits, they would have to give themselves smaller raises.

Blessings Yolanda

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  Miking 009posted 2 years agoin reply to this
  You think that they raise don't have nothing to do with that
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bradmasterOCcalposted 2 years ago
The SSI is a TAX first, and a promise second.
The death benefit for SS is $255, that wouldn't even cover a decent obit.
SS recipients get whatever retirement payments at the pleasure of the Congress.
Now only if there was some way to get the congress to make improvements in SS? I can't think of one, can you?

Federal employees enjoy a real retirement system that guarantees them a defined BENEFIT, and it is management by private firms, and not the congress.

The $733 a month is the Average, while the high is around $2500 a month.
which is $30,000 a year.

$773 = $8,796
$1300 = $15,600

Cost of living increases should follow those COLA for the federal employee retirement.

Yes, the federal employees also pay into FICA, but FICA and a 401K and an IRA is all that non government employees can hope for.
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tamarawilhiteposted 2 years ago
Social Security retirement was not intended to be the only source of retirement income for people, simply insurance that they don't have nothing.
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