This raise is a joke , everything is sky high now , congress is already Over paid but they still giving themselves Big raises and giving seniors pennies
Well the boomers didn't save for anything along with the biggest tranfer of wealth in the world when their parents died most still have nothing honestly one of the worst generations ever and a drain on society
At 82 I just cancelled medicare. They $175.00 out of my check. It's sad when you worked all your life and paid it in, but they don't want to give you a fair deal.
@@ggeorge4144 Agreed! Politicians are too busy talking about entitlements are killing the budget, However, they never talk about how the military budget has no effect on the federal budget. Last I checked, social security and Medicare have in flows of dedicated cash while the military budget has no direct line item where cash comes from in the budget. Interesting how that so conveniently works the way they spin it.
@Jimfromearthoo7 My rentbis increasing to a $100 more starting in January. My food stamps are a mere $23 a month. The government only cares about helping other countries.
I’m on Social Security and Medicare. The thing that happens is yes we got a three point whatever percent increase last year but my Medicare part B payment also went up by $60 a month more than my cola so I actually took a $60 a month cut. I literally made best decisions when i started working with an advisor
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My raise on SS will be 30 dollars. That will not fill your car with gas. We pay the same price at the grocery store that someone who makes 200,000 a year..these people want you broke. It's really sad time we live in.
We worked our lives with ss tax taken, for nothing in return. Young people should fight for higher rates or you will never make it on your ss in later years.
@@smacksmack5976 it should be 10% none of us have seen how much our Medicare is going up yet my husband and I pay over 700 a month now for part B,D and F I know the last two years part B has pretty much stayed the same but it want forever
This is very sad the way you are treated in America once you become a Senior Citizen. This 2.5% is nothing when they will be going up on the Medicare Part B where the increase. People still can't survive. You should not have to struggle as a Senior Citizen.
@@jasondeaver2117true, I'll be retiring in 2 yrs, everything I own is paid for the sacrifices I made yrs ago have paid off ( and if something happens to me before I retire so be it I'M NOT A COMPLAINER)😊
It's actually humiliating to us single seniors, retired and or disabled, specially with no other income; unbelievable; How cheap can they treat us the American people, in our own country??
The sad part is that if the COLA was calculated by the Year instead of the 3rd quarter our raise would have been larger. I've noticed that the inflation is always lowered for the 3rd quarter and I believe it's intentional, because right after September 30th everything goes right back up!
At least many of the regular social security recipients are getting at least a couple thousand monthly. People on SSI disability get $943 monthly. But the stupid government can spend a TRILLION or more in Afghanistan!!!
Not everyone on social security gets big money, I worked IN a warehouse on nightshift for 32 years and my check is only 1204. Before Medicare is taken out. So I barely make more than you!
Nobody cares about the senior citizens who have already worked for their benefits and their country or for the disabled who have done the same . Everyone talks about how they are going to help the middle class and the rich from paying more taxes and getting more back while those of us on living month to month on SSI or SSDI get a whole $20-25 a year COLA increase!! It is not fair that nobody gives a damn about us and we make up a very large amount of voters these days. That low $20-25 COLA increase doesn't even cover the increase of what we have to pay in medical insurance, groceries, housing costs, my rent increases by more than double that every year so how does that help?? These politicians are so worried about the middle class, the people with kids, the rich, and business owners, but nobody cares about the disabled who can't work or the elderly who have already worked their whole life, or the veterans or the homeless. Why don't these politicians do better if they want our votes?
when you show that video of people with tons of stuff packed in their vehicle... that is not SS... SS folks are the ones in the store with little to nothing in their cart.
The problem is that they have not kept up with the rising economy. A lot of products, including groceries and bills, have increased in price, but our pay has only grown a small amount. They have not kept up at all. Who can live on $943.00 a month or $1500.00 a month. We sure can't not in this economy. We deserve way more than what we get.
I'm in rent controlled Senior mobile home park where the rent is raised every year. I can't afford to stay because it is now more than I can afford. I will be living in my car next year. They have made sleeping in your car illegal here so I might get a bed in the jail.
@@lisahunemuller746 What do u mean by controlled rent if they keep raising your rent? I thought rent controlled meant you are locked into one price? I'm confused
That isn't the way it works they are allowed to raise it a certain amount every year! And I've owned my mobile home here 15 years. It has now priced me out of what I can afford. Electric bills were $250 A month this summer. Can't afford to stay.
My rent went up and I live under $1000 per month in SS. I also receive $60 snap benefit. When we get a raise in cola, my snap benefit gets reduced . So much for inflation.
2.5% is a slap in the face, with all this inflation it should be at least 12.5%. These last three and a half years or so my rent went up another $100 a month my car insurance went from $75 a month to $107 a month full coverage and along with food and gas it's hard to survive
2.5%??? When inflation is 25% that's rediculous. How many of you looked at your social security last nov or dec for a June July application for an oct retirement.? When we looked we saw a number and when we applied in July it was 300$ lower. Social security says it was an estimate 😆 they are something else
The increase of Medicare , plus the cost of living are not matching , because in the real world our expenses as, housing, food, utilities are increasing more than 2.5.
Very insulting after working 50yrs everyone write your senators and house representatives and tell them this is unacceptable. How about the fact they also lowered the checks as of jan 1 2024 for anyone not collecting yet 😢 I liked at my husband's in December for an oct 1st retirement and when I went back on in July to apply it was 300$ less yup. Pretty sick to have the social security people tell you or was an estimate??? In December??? For October . They are all a bunch of liars
What needs to happen is minimum wage needs to go back down. Reason for everything being so high. And the American dollar is about worthless. They print it like water.
The simple answer is to VOTE WISELY. One party wants to raise your taxes to astronomical heights. That same party wants to undermine business investments and you may not agree, but without business investment, everyone suffers.
We still have not matched the inflation of 2020 yet. And illegals are averaging a thousand dollars a month more than seniors. And illegals are taking subsidized housing away from seniors. This year I received a $32 COLA and lost $20 in food stamps. what will they take from me in January.
They cook the books for the third quarter to make inflation appear lower in order to say inflation is better and the cola will be less. 60,000,000 pennies add to a lot of dollars.
Yeah we're going to get that little crappy raise on our check. But let's see what kind of race they give them self all of them politicians that don't do nothing but draw a check
This raise is a joke , everything is sky high now , congress is already Over paid but they still giving themselves Big raises and giving seniors pennies
And steady giving to illegals
Giving it all to the illegals! And then we’re stuck!! 🙁
Last raise for Congress was 2009
@@Satjr35031 they make up for it on side hustles , lectures , corporate kick backs they all seem to become millionaires off of what they get paid
And what do they make a year can't hear ya well waiting@@Satjr35031
Nobody in Washington seems to give a damn about the plight of seniors. There are seniors living in the streets.
So true 💯
Well the boomers didn't save for anything along with the biggest tranfer of wealth in the world when their parents died most still have nothing honestly one of the worst generations ever and a drain on society
Very true!
Oh they all voted themselves pay raises to last two years 😮
@@dawood121derful Trump will end federal taxes on SS. Get it? Hello? Vote Trump!
That’s an insult. My dad is retired and often tells me that yeah they give the COLA increase but take it right back by increasing Medicare premiums.
At 82 I just cancelled medicare. They $175.00 out of my check. It's sad when you worked all your life and paid it in, but they don't want to give you a fair deal.
@@ggeorge4144
Agreed! Politicians are too busy talking about entitlements are killing the budget, However, they never talk about how the military budget has no effect on the federal budget. Last I checked, social security and Medicare have in flows of dedicated cash while the military budget has no direct line item where cash comes from in the budget. Interesting how that so conveniently works the way they spin it.
Always the same We get the Big D!
@@travelbug69 in our case in florida citizens insurance takes our.
@@ggeorge4144That was not a smart move
Insulting
2.5 ? My rent alone
is going up 5% next
lease. Between
food and services we
need about 20% to
be even.
@Jimfromearthoo7 My rentbis increasing to a $100 more starting in January. My food stamps are a mere $23 a month. The government only cares about helping other countries.
2.5 is a bad joke😢
I’m on Social Security and Medicare. The thing that happens is yes we got a three point whatever percent increase last year but my Medicare part B payment also went up by $60 a month more than my cola so I actually took a $60 a month cut. I literally made best decisions when i started working with an advisor
It’s unfortunate how Medicare costs can sometimes offset Social Security increases, making it feel like a setback. It sounds like your decision to work with an adviser has been beneficial, especially in managing these unexpected costs. Having an adviser to guide you through planning for healthcare expenses alongside Social Security adjustments can be invaluable in securing a stable income
Totally agree. A good financial adviser is a game-changer. My portfolio is balanced for all market conditions, and it has returned 120% since early last year. My adviser and I are now working toward hitting a seven-figure goal, which could take another year.
That sounds interesting! Could you share the details of your adviser? I'm urgently in need of one.
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I'm on SSDI. WTF is $30/month gonna do for me when my electric went up $50, car insurance went up $100, food went up $300... I'm already homeless....
@@punkagrrlzero How do u have an electric bill if your homeless?
First thing you do is vote Trump. I am 63.....Harris will do nothing!
@@Jack51971, Trump will cut your social security and Medicare.
Well, Find a job part time.
D**k Thats what it does! Now you know why people are stealing all over and i don't blame them!
My raise on SS will be 30 dollars. That will not fill your car with gas. We pay the same price at the grocery store that someone who makes 200,000 a year..these people want you broke. It's really sad time we live in.
don't forget medicaid increase will take some of that 30 dollars
Welcome to the let's support everyone but the people that live and work here
We are still the largest voting block. Make your vote count for all seniors!🤔🤔🤔
We worked our lives with ss tax taken, for nothing in return. Young people should fight for higher rates or you will never make it on your ss in later years.
Well gen x and beyond are paying into something we will never receive be lucky you get anything how do you think we feel?
Most are contributing to a IRA, 401K
Keep giving it to migrants
It should be 5-7%
At Least!
@@smacksmack5976 it should be 10% none of us have seen how much our Medicare is going up yet my husband and I pay over 700 a month now for part B,D and F I know the last two years part B has pretty much stayed the same but it want forever
15%
This is very sad the way you are treated in America once you become a Senior Citizen. This 2.5% is nothing when they will be going up on the Medicare Part B where the increase. People still can't survive. You should not have to struggle as a Senior Citizen.
As soon as SSA COLA is announced the landlord announces a rent increase of the exact same amount.
I'm so tired of watching my parents trying to make ends meet ITS DISGUSTING!!!!!!!
They should have planned better 🤷♂️
@@jasondeaver2117true, I'll be retiring in 2 yrs, everything I own is paid for the sacrifices I made yrs ago have paid
off ( and if something happens to me before I retire so be it I'M NOT A COMPLAINER)😊
Stop with the forumla go to store and look at the prices of everything
Not much change from January
They took groceries off the inflation scale to screw us all
It's actually humiliating to us single seniors, retired and or disabled, specially with no other income; unbelievable; How cheap can they treat us the American people, in our own country??
But how much of a COLA do Congress & Senate give themselves?
Most are not collecting because they have not reached FRA
Funny, the Social Security personnel retirement can be 6 to 15 thousand a month. I feel they should pay us the same or split the difference.
Completely false
Pitiful my bills Have sky rocket and the raise I get doesn't cover the difference
Investigate where the funds are going supposedly to Ukraine
How many tanks Jets Artillery shells do you want to count
Tanks Jets Artillery shells ammunition
And they raised the insurance so you don't get much
Nothing
Medicare B premiums should not raise with such a small COLA
33 cents a day is not bad
Part B is going up 6.5% which is on a smaller amount for sure, however, it is still about about a third of your SS increase.
The sad part is that if the COLA was calculated by the Year instead of the 3rd quarter our raise would have been larger. I've noticed that the inflation is always lowered for the 3rd quarter and I believe it's intentional, because right after September 30th everything goes right back up!
9% inflation honestly.
It’s disgusting
This Cola increase is ridiculous what can you do with that small amount. If you try to work they'll threaten to cut you off. 😢
I’m 57 tell me what I have to do because this raise is absolutely ridiculous
You should have been saving
If harris ends up president those checks will be gutted!!
If Trumps wins your checks will end PERIOD
We’re not Ukraine
If you did simple math you would know that you can’t survive on SS alone.
At least many of the regular social security recipients are getting at least a couple thousand monthly. People on SSI disability get $943 monthly. But the stupid government can spend a TRILLION or more in Afghanistan!!!
Not everyone on social security gets big money, I worked IN a warehouse on nightshift for 32 years and my check is only 1204. Before Medicare is taken out. So I barely make more than you!
My truck insurance doubled. 😢
My car insurance went up 15%
Thank a democrat for it 😮
Communists!
So you would rather have Trump take Social Security away from you altogether?
@@rf159a If you think parroting Kamala's false claims will impress anyone but yourself, guess again! 😂
They didn’t complain about Trumps
Measly COLA increases
@@Satjr35031 What r u thinking> eggs 99 bread 99 every thing 70% cheaper He didn't give us inflation Communist bieden did !
Nobody cares about the senior citizens who have already worked for their benefits and their country or for the disabled who have done the same . Everyone talks about how they are going to help the middle class and the rich from paying more taxes and getting more back while those of us on living month to month on SSI or SSDI get a whole $20-25 a year COLA increase!! It is not fair that nobody gives a damn about us and we make up a very large amount of voters these days.
That low $20-25 COLA increase doesn't even cover the increase of what we have to pay in medical insurance, groceries, housing costs, my rent increases by more than double that every year so how does that help??
These politicians are so worried about the middle class, the people with kids, the rich, and business owners, but nobody cares about the disabled who can't work or the elderly who have already worked their whole life, or the veterans or the homeless.
Why don't these politicians do better if they want our votes?
That's about what a $ 20.0/ increase
Illegal immigrants sure living good in hotels riding around for free
when you show that video of people with tons of stuff packed in their vehicle... that is not SS... SS folks are the ones in the store with little to nothing in their cart.
Joe Biden should try living on social security
If you think inflation is down, go rent a one bedroom apartment! I don't make enough social security to cover half!
The problem is that they have not kept up with the rising economy. A lot of products, including groceries and bills, have increased in price, but our pay has only grown a small amount. They have not kept up at all. Who can live on $943.00 a month or $1500.00 a month. We sure can't not in this economy. We deserve way more than what we get.
Im struggling too. My rent goes up at the same time as I get the increase.
44 dollars is not enuff!
Do the math!
So you want the government to just give you money ?
Then they need to vote for people who want to find social security not the ones always trying to cut funding 🤷♂️
They cost of living adjustment should be 75.percent what's 2.5 that's nothing
I'm in rent controlled Senior mobile home park where the rent is raised every year. I can't afford to stay because it is now more than I can afford. I will be living in my car next year. They have made sleeping in your car illegal here so I might get a bed in the jail.
@@lisahunemuller746 What do u mean by controlled rent if they keep raising your rent? I thought rent controlled meant you are locked into one price? I'm confused
That isn't the way it works they are allowed to raise it a certain amount every year! And I've owned my mobile home here 15 years. It has now priced me out of what I can afford. Electric bills were $250 A month this summer. Can't afford to stay.
It is very small. I will have to give up my dish tv due to price gouging.
Depending on social security is your first mistake.
No one gets pensions anymore and IRAs are not what they once were.
Not much increase for the social security but have more money for illegal immigrants. So sad.
Country is 35 Trillion dollars in Debt and climbing , We all need to tighten our belts including the Government !
Right it does not keep up with inflation
As far as I'm concerned they can keep it
Exactly!! We don’t see a difference
My rent went up and I live under $1000 per month in SS. I also receive $60 snap benefit. When we get a raise in cola, my snap benefit gets reduced . So much for inflation.
It is hard for me to argue for this when the federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since 2009.
Clearly it’s insulting ❤❤❤❤
the Inflatocrats will make sure that your check is worth less, and less, and less.
Let’s talk about last years cola increase. Most of mine went to the Medicare deductible. They doubled the damn yearly deductible. Damn crooks
Medicare takes the 2.5% plus more. Where does that help with anything?
2.5% is insulting and doesn't compensate for the rising prices for food and other necessities.
We should not have anything taken out of our checks. We need it to live on.
UNHAPPY? ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED
It's F*****G Disgusting! We have to vote these Freaks out! once and for all! Send Iran another 60 Billion FF joe! And cumonher!
It's not good I get 39 dollar raise and they take it with a raise in my insurance and
Medications
Lucky to get anything after giving so much to the you crane freak show
This goes beyond mere party politics. We will all get old. Politics doesn’t stop that.
2.5% is a slap in the face, with all this inflation it should be at least 12.5%. These last three and a half years or so my rent went up another $100 a month my car insurance went from $75 a month to $107 a month full coverage and along with food and gas it's hard to survive
2.5%??? When inflation is 25% that's rediculous. How many of you looked at your social security last nov or dec for a June July application for an oct retirement.? When we looked we saw a number and when we applied in July it was 300$ lower. Social security says it was an estimate 😆 they are something else
It is not 25%
This is inexcusable.
Its Sad. We pick up steak. Put it back
And go for the potted meat.
Rent is putting people homeless.
Make America Great Again
We are in need.
These are raises we never see.. every time they announce it you’re paying more money for something else and higher premiums! Please vote smart…
They seriously need to do better!
Vote red folks, Americans first 😊
Vote red and Social Security will DISAPPEAR!!
Vote Blue to keep these Fascists out of office
The increase of Medicare , plus the cost of living are not matching , because in the real world our expenses as, housing, food, utilities are increasing more than 2.5.
When real inflation is over 20%, giving someone a 2.5% increase is a slap in the face to millions of Americans!
It’s not just seniors, disabled too.
It's an insult a disgrace
i would like to see the people that says this correct live on it for a year that will change their mind
Our social security ain't enough to pay rent. The inflation is causing us to be homeless
Raising auto home rents and don't forget increase in Medicare part B premium
Very insulting after working 50yrs everyone write your senators and house representatives and tell them this is unacceptable. How about the fact they also lowered the checks as of jan 1 2024 for anyone not collecting yet 😢
I liked at my husband's in December for an oct 1st retirement and when I went back on in July to apply it was 300$ less yup. Pretty sick to have the social security people tell you or was an estimate??? In December??? For October . They are all a bunch of liars
GIVE US A RAISE , LIKE WHAT CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES ( INSTEAD OF GIVING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO NON TAX PAYERS
Civil service skip 30,40% payroll increases. Social Security gets 20% in four years.
What needs to happen is minimum wage needs to go back down. Reason for everything being so high. And the American dollar is about worthless. They print it like water.
When the entire government is held to the same Cola.
And end all federal pensions. They get social security. That’s plenty. Right?
Get out and vote there's over 60 million of us.
I’m curious of how much the Medicare portion is going to be? Now it’s $174 a month, what’s it going to?
I think it going up about $10 for 2025.
$185 is what I heard.
I just wish congress old people would live on social security only. We would get a great raise then.
I'm mad. Rent went up 10%.Being robbed
How do they exspect us to live
The simple answer is to VOTE WISELY. One party wants to raise your taxes to astronomical heights. That same party wants to undermine business investments and you may not agree, but without business investment, everyone suffers.
Yes like 50 bucks ouch thos junky
We still have not matched the inflation of 2020 yet. And illegals are averaging a thousand dollars a month more than seniors. And illegals are taking subsidized housing away from seniors. This year I received a $32 COLA and lost $20 in food stamps. what will they take from me in January.
They cook the books for the third quarter to make inflation appear lower in order to say inflation is better and the cola will be less. 60,000,000 pennies add to a lot of dollars.
THE US OWE US SENIORS AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS BIG MONEY IS SPEND ON
But people you have to understand, we have migrants to take care of!😮
Medicare went up
$32 and they raise insurance $50 like last time
Yeah we're going to get that little crappy raise on our check. But let's see what kind of race they give them self all of them politicians that don't do nothing but draw a check
Joe Biden has lost his perspective