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DVRacer

(707 posts) Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:01 AM Jun 2022

Can Congress authorize an emergency increase in SS?

I live off my VA disability and Social Security and even with the 5.9% increase in January I am struggling. Is it possible to not wait until next January to increase our monthly payment to offset inflation? I think something like this would definitely help with poll numbers and it’s the right thing to do for so many. Without the VA I would be trying to make due with $1400 a month and that is frightening knowing so many don’t have a second source.