Social Security Recipients Will Get Bigger Checks Next Year

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What must be done is to give everyone in goverment a 25 to 35% decrease in their pay and have them try and live on what we make on Social Security. All our bills and grocies not to metion gas prices don't even get me started on that pay our senetors & congress-people, president what we make every month for say 6 months so they can see how hard it is to pay everything.

Rob of CT 11:26PM May 22, 2011

still dont know if senior are getting a check or not???

fran of NY 5:19PM March 29, 2010

Heard on the news social security recipients will be getting another $250.00 payment to make up for not getting a raise in 2010. Is this correct?? Can't find anything about it on SS website or on web anywhere.

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Perecoove of AL 12:51AM August 30, 2009

The people who filed for social securilty last year. There payments began in 2009 did not get an increase for cost of living. Or the 250.00 check. I get a very small social security check. From what I hear I will not get an increase in 2010 because of the high increase in 2009. Since my first check came february of 2009 I was not eligible for the 2009 increase. I think this is unfair to the many people who filed for the firtst time and received their first check in February of 2009. They should be eligilbe for a cost of living increase
in 2010 since they missed the deadline in 2009.

Leigh Blok of WI 12:34PM August 19, 2009

I am on SS/SSI Disability what will my raise be?

Donald of OK 11:18AM August 02, 2009

soc. in calif. benif. were 907.00 last month and calif. lowerd payments by 4 perc. I thinkg that was the increase u was talking about.

ps of CA 7:19PM July 21, 2009

Since this article deals with this Years increase, which has already occurred, why is it still here to look at?
It's the 2010 COLA adjustment that we're concerned with now!

Alan Morrison of AZ 3:41PM May 13, 2009

I signed up for my Social security when I was 63, I was told that if I continued workeing when I retired I would receive enough to make up for my penialty. I worked until I was 75 years old and paid ss our of my check. I received a few small amount over the years but after I quit I have yet to receive anything but a cost of liveing increase. Could youanswer or explain why I did not receive anything extra? Thank you.

Lawrence D Gugelman of ID 3:23PM April 05, 2009

First question I never hear political candidates bring up when running for national office: "...if Social Security is a SELF PAYING system how can it go bankrupt??? How is it that MY monies paid into this national annuity or retirement account are being pushed farther away from my grasp? Age 70 for FULL benefits...give me a break! Let's see one of these crooks actually do it themselves, then MAYBE I will follow...othewise I cannot RESPECT those rules that were establihed by those who steal from Social Security and those who DODGE the obvious question in the first place ("...how can a self-paying system go broke?")...oh dear me, I know...that's political suicide in Washington, is it not?

Fedd Upp 12:36AM March 04, 2009