Ok DU'er's I got a question for you all. Its about SS and SSDI payments.

[mrcheerful]

I'm not sure How many of you out there that have either retired parents or handi capped family members. But how many of you are aware of what SS expects most of them to live off a month? The majority of the retirees are living off $1,600 to $1,800 a month and have no other incomes coming in. With The new drug prescription plans they will have to pay at least $250 for the plans. This year the government gave them a whooping $20 to $40 cost of living increase, based on the supposedly inflation rate. Then you have the handi capped, those who were lucky enough to be able to get on their parents SS, get around $800 a month, if the handi capped person is on his on SS, they get a whopping $599 a month, with the $20 increase starting after the new year their income is now $623 a month. Just how are these people able to live? BTW, the handi capped are cut off SS if they marry, their spouse is supposed to support them. Anyhow, as you well know gas prices have gone up as well as heating costs, yet they are expected to live on that amount. Why isn't that reflected in the cost of living? We are talking about people unable to work and theres no way for them to have a quality life, they are just one step from losing everything and becoming homeless, which means they loose all SSDI benefits. How can we the people allow this to happen and not think about them? Its sickening how they are forgotten by we the people.