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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5044289" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Doesn't mean it's a good idea.  The latest 5.9% cola is projected to push SS trust fund insolvency to 2033 from 2034.  I'm glad my parents are getting that cola, and I hope my mom gets what you posted because her SS puts her below the poverty line.  I give her $150 a month and my dad gives her $130.  My very liberal brother who makes $65k a year and who's wife is a registered nurse and makes even more refuses to give her anything.  I've noticed that about liberals, always willing to spend money we don't have as long as it's someone else's.  If that can be paid for great but if SS can't meet its obligations in 12 years how are we going to pay for it?  Find a way that won't break the bank and I'm all for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>