SENIOR CITIZENS STILL LOSE OUT ON SOCIAL SECURITY COLA's

THE KUHNS REPORT

Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

A government report says the Social Security fund will be solvent and "fundamentally secure" until 2034. They project a social security increase to all Americans next year for 1.5 percent. Wow! Can you imagine? That  paltry increase will be one of the lowest since automatic increases were adopted in the 1970's. They say the increase is based on the governments measurement of inflation.

The disability trust fund is estimated to run dry in TWO YEARS and the hospital trust fund is expected to be depleted in 2030.

My thoughts are that Congress always give lip service to the Medicare and Social Security funds and continually state that they have to reform the programs BUT they never act.

It is my opinion that Congress has abused the Social Security disability  fund for decades. They began giving  disability payments to people who were not meant to receive the payments. Social security was meant for those that paid into the system so they would have a stipend to help in  their later years to supplement their retirement. What did the government do? They began giving social security disability  payments to children and others that were no disabled and to those that never, ever, paid a dollar into the social security system.

The governments idea of a disabled person has morphed into (anyone that applies for social security disability) can receive it. Instead of  paying out to people in cases where the physical disability is EVIDENT, (i.e.) in  wheelchairs, terminal illness,  limbs  missing, etc., payments are being made to persons faking MENTAL conditions like PTSD and every other mental condition the person can offer with the help of a psychologist or psychiatrist. Again, originally, a  working person was supposed to collect social security after they retired at 65 years old. It was not meant for hand outs to children and all the others who say their "disabled," when clearly they are NOT.

Folks the attorney's in this country have a meal ticket on preparing people to collect monies for the Social Security system. They have the doctors and chiropractor's standing in line  to swear to whatever the attorney wants them to say. There have been many cases reported where the attorney's had a legal mill pushing through false claims of social security disability -- a racket. Some attorney's made MILLIONS by playing the system and having their clients collect large disability payments for LIFE. That's wrong! But it is still happening.

As to those senior citizens who worked all their life and now  collect social security they are being penalized because of all the people collecting that shouldn't even see a social security check. Seniors used to receive approximately three (3%) percent annual increase every year. Now, in recent years the government has reduced those COLA's to 1.5 percent and less. BUT, the irony is the federal government employees, which includes Congress and  public employees in every city and state in the nation are always receiving  cost of living increases (COLA's) of 3, 4, 5, 6, and sometimes up to 10 percent a year. People, there is no parity or equity for the senior citizen.  Come on! 1.5%  for seniors and u to 10 % for Public employees and lawmakers. I say that if our millionaire lawmakers in Congress and lawmakers in every city and state in America can give themselves COLA's up to ten (10%) each year, they should be able to pay senior citizens on social security at least a three(3%) each year. In  recent years the social security increase was wiped away by the increase in Medicare costs. It costs seniors $104.90  a month out of their social security so the 1.5% COLA is laughable.

I submit that our lawmakers in Congress have to stop the rip off of the social security program. When a person has limbs missing, a terminal illness, physically impaired where they cannot operate a motor vehicle and/or surgery has taken them out of the work force ... that is the people who should/ can collect social security disability. The physical disability has to be seen and it has to be the sort that will prevent that person from working for the rest of their life. If a person can perform any type of  job they should not receive any social security disability. --And, that's my opinion. Make you own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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