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[pandr32]

169. Agreed. So many depend on Social Security yet

bills keep going up. Many seniors can't afford to heat their homes, pay their electric bills, garbage collection, pay for gas for their car to get around in, and also buy food. Yesterday I was at the local Costco where seniors tend to work for for the promotions company that hands out samples of products (to be fair there are also a few younger people doing the same job, but I would say 70% are seniors). It was insanely busy and so many snatching samples are complete ingrates who do not even acknowledge the people preparing and handing out the snacks. The oldest lady is 90 and visibly frail. They get close to minimum wage and stand on their feet all day a couple of days a week because they cannot get by on their SS alone. The oldest lady worked her whole life but spent her savings to help her son who suffered some kind of medical emergency several years ago (I always talk to her). She should not be suffering the insults and abuse that rude people hurl her way. Social Security needs to have proper cost of living increases--not cuts.