Reply #61: I have no idea what the OP thinks. [View All]

[MineralMan]

The formula is set by law. It can be changed by law, but that appears unlikely to happen. COLA is what it is. We did have those one-time payments, and they represented an increase in SS that was outside the boundaries of COLA. We're apparently not getting another one of those. There it is.

If we can get the law changed, that's OK, I guess. But, the law can be changed in other ways - ways that do not benefit SS recipients at all. That worries me. SS recipients need to stay informed and act as individual lobbyists with their congressional representatives. That is a fact. Seniors vote, and every congressperson is more than aware of that.

It's important, though, to have correct information. Communications with representatives that are based on false information go to the round file.