Soc Sec facts<http://www.factcheck.org/2009/03/fdrs-voluntary-social-security/>
The current Congress is being falsely blamed for the fact that Social Security recipients are not due to get a cost-of-living increase in January. As we noted in an Ask FactCheck item posted Sept. 23<http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/social-security-cola/>, the real reason for the freeze is volatile oil prices and the formula that Congress adopted, and President Richard Nixon signed and claimed credit for, in 1972. That hasn’t stopped some from claiming that the current Congress is not only to blame, but also will pocket a substantial pay increase while imposing a benefit freeze on senior citizens. One of our readers has forwarded to us a new version of the e-mail we debunked, which adds the following language – in garish color and excessive use of punctuation marks: *Keep in mind that our beloved elected officials did give themselves a 10% or $15,000 a year increase in pay!!* That is probably where the money went that should have been our measly 2% Cost of living increase!! Why would we want any of them back in office??? Naturally, we’re not advocating the reelection of any member of Congress, Democrat or Republican, when we point out that this claim is so far off the mark that it simply beggars belief. more <http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/a-zero-pay-raise-for-congress-too/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webtv-pals -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
