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RebelOne

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6. I don't even remember getting a SS raise in Jan.

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 11:18 AM

Oct 2013

I guess because it was so small that I didn't notice it.

Haven't those idiots said the prices have not gone up much in the past year been in the supermarkets lately? Every time I go shopping the prices on items I usually buy have jumped higher.

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social security raise to be among lowest in years [View all] xchrom Oct 2013 OP

Better than nothing, I guess katmondoo Oct 2013 #1

I guess, but then they raise the medicare premium to offset any increase anyway. a kennedy Oct 2013 #7

"consumer prices, as measured by the government, haven't gone up much in the past year." hobbit709 Oct 2013 #2

Clearly you're getting too much durablend Oct 2013 #4

I don't even remember getting a SS raise in Jan. RebelOne Oct 2013 #6

If you're receiving Medicare you wouldn't have noticed an increase.....as the premium went up a kennedy Oct 2013 #8

Has the cost of a Rolls, a yacht or a Rolex gone up much last year? durablend Oct 2013 #3

The increase Worried senior Oct 2013 #5

As everyone can see, the CPI has been rigged since the 1990's to grossly UNDERstate inflation... Faryn Balyncd Oct 2013 #9

DURec leftstreet Oct 2013 #10