New Bill = $250 Payment to Seniors for 2011

[QuilterChick]

Originally Posted by qlty

What $250 ??Please don't thank them for what you did not get.

Do y'all think it went here?

GAO Finds $200B In Redundant Programs | Sweetness & Light

Sure enough !

[S Baker]

POOR GET POORER RICH GET RICHER whats NEW? oh I KNOW~~~ THE united states government NOT HIDEing """THEY DONT CARE """" the POOR/OLD/or DISABLED cant do NOTHing about it exept DO WHAT OUR LEADERS want and this GROUP they want GONE, erased or better yet DEAD!

[Escort Rider]

This old thread probably never should have been resurrected. It deals with a bill which was defeated by Congress in 2010. The bill would have provided a stimulus (welfare) payment for Social Security recipients in 2011. But the bill failed, so the point is moot and there is no issue to discuss here anymore. There is a thead here in the Retirement Forum about the COLA for 2012, which was officially announced just a week or so ago. That thread is about a current event, and it would be a good place to discuss COLA issues.

[brokensky]

Originally Posted by S Baker

POOR GET POORER RICH GET RICHER whats NEW? oh I KNOW~~~ THE united states government NOT HIDEing """THEY DONT CARE """" the POOR/OLD/or DISABLED cant do NOTHing about it exept DO WHAT OUR LEADERS want and this GROUP they want GONE, erased or better yet DEAD!

Not sure what you are saying so correct me if I am wrong . . . but it appears that you feel regardless of whether anyone has been a productive citizen in his or her life, they are owed something? If the disabled were at one time productive (i.e. worked) then they do get a subsidy from the government. The elderly were not always elderly; if they worked, they get a subsidy.

Or are you talking about folks who have never done more than have babies paid for my Medicaid, live in subsidized housing, get food stamps and welfare checks every month.

I am wondering when it changed from families taking care of family members (the disabled, the elderly) to the gubment taking care of them. Regardless, it seems you are angry b/c someone hasn't given you enough.