[Latest Stimulus Check Update for Seniors] While multiple rounds of stimulus payments have been made over the last two years, many are asking if the government will make another (4th round) of payments to help folks cope with higher inflation and the rising costs of basic goods and services.
$900 grocery stimulus for seniors
While there is no actual stimulus, there are supplementary grocery benefits available via the Food Assistance for Older Adults programs via medicare advantage plans, that can provide up to $900 for seniors in qualified groceries.
Along with the 2023 SNAP increases and pandemic emergency allotments (which end in March 2023), this should reduce food insecurity amongst our older population.
Approximately 5 million, or three out of five seniors who qualify to receive SNAP are missing out on benefits.
4th Stimulus Check for Seniors in 2023?
See this article for the past and potential stimulus check payments, including those for seniors. It covers how prior ones were paid, and when or if another round of payments will be made in the coming months.
At this stage no new stimulus checks are being issued by the federal government, but some states are sending inflation relief payments.
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[Prior/old updates] Congress officially nixed a one-time payment of $250 in 2010 to Social Security recipients who haven’t received cost of living adjustments (COLA) since 2008. The cancellation of a $250 SSI payment in 2010 was justified on the basis of low inflation (see update below). But many seniors are feeling the pinch of inflation, especially around medical services — a big-ticket item for seniors. Many believe that the $250 payment would have been a good economic stimulus payment, since there’s a good chance that most of the $250 would be spent immediately.
While many seniors could easily survive without the $250, there are also millions of seniors who are struggling to make ends meet (just see the comments below in response to this article), particularly if they have high medical or disability costs. Congress really should have found a way to provide the $250 SSI payment to those seniors who truly need the money, instead of tax cuts for the super-rich.
[Update Nov 2010] The Social Security administration recently announced that there would be no 2011 COLA increase, meaning the monthly SSI payments in 2011 would remain unchanged for the second year in a row. Clearly our senior citizens are being hit hard, which places more pressure on Congress to approve a 2011 Bonus SSI payment (supported by the Obama administration). With the hundreds of comments on this topic, people are clearly upset about not receiving the bonus SSI payment or a COLA increase yet again.
Fortunately, Ways and Means Social Security Chairman Earl Pomeroy recently announced that the House will take up the Seniors Protection Act when Congress reconvenes later this year [this measure was quashed]. The Seniors Protection Act of 2010 will provide a $250 payment to about 54 million Social Security recipients. Congressman Pomeroy introduced the bill, H.R. 5987, in July, and has since worked to ensure that this bill will be enacted before the end of the year. Congressman Pomeroy received assurances today from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Ways and Means Chairman Sander Levin that this bill will be brought to the House floor and passed when the House reconvenes in November
Individuals receiving Social Security benefits have seen everyday expenses for drugs, medical care, utilities, housing and food increase while Social Security benefits have remained unchanged. Seniors and others receiving benefits face ongoing struggles to meet these costs given the modest level of their benefits, amounting to only $14,000 annually, on average.
“In this economy, seniors are struggling to make ends meet,” Congressman Pomeroy said. “Passing this bill will ensure that the lack of cost-of-living-adjustment will not jeopardize seniors’ ability to survive on their benefits. All Members of Congress should join us in supporting this legislation which will be fiscally responsible and upholds our bedrock promise of economic security for our nation’s seniors”
On a related topic, there is still a lot of confusion on past (2008, 2009) one time bonus SSI payments. The Social Security Administration (ssa.gov) site is responsible for making these payments and is where you should check the official status of your missing or late SSI payment(s).
Update : See the recently announced 2011 Social Security Income (SSI) Payments
[June 2010] Unfortunately the Democrat-controlled Senate has rejected a measure by a 50 to 47 vote that would have given seniors a one-time Social Security benefit payment of $250 to make up for the lack of a cost of living increase. The jobs bill, which contained the $250 SSI provision, was rejected despite President Obama’s backing. The payments which would amount to $13 billion, where earmarked in the jobs bill – which was deemed too costly by lawmakers trying to allay their image of big spenders.
The badly needed Social Security payments would have helped 57 million seniors, a risky number to overlook considering the fall elections and how badly incumbent politicians are viewed. This year marks the first time since 1975 that Social Security beneficiaries didn’t receive a cost of living (COLA) increase, which means an extra one-time SSI payment may become a reality later this year if a new jobs bill is introduced to further extend unemployment benefits or the COLA provision in President Obama’s budget is approved. See this article for the $250 Medicare Gap payment in Obama’s new health care reform package. Also see newly release details on the Tax Breaks and Credits in the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010
[Update Jan 2010] The additional $250 payment in 2010 is now also part of President Obama’s 2011 budget proposal, which means this payment could be received later, rather than earlier, since the budget needs to get congressional approval. Stay tuned for further updates.
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced the bill (H.R 3557) on September 14, 2009 that would provide the $250 payment in 2010, detailed below, for an emergency Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for Social Security recipients. The bill has been has been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means for review and should be put to a vote on the Senate floor in the next few months.
[Previous update] President Obama has proposed extending the 2009 economic recovery payment of $250 into 2010 by providing another payment of $250 to retirees, veterans and disabled people already receiving Social Security benefits. This additional payment will potentially be funded via the $787 Billion economic stimulus package and is expected to cost $13 billion in total.
“These payments will provide aid to more than 50 million people in the coming year, relief that will not only make a difference for them, but for our economy as a whole, complementing the tax cuts we’ve provided working families and small businesses through the Recovery Act,” Obama said in a statement.
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to quickly approve the $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no cost of living increase in Social Security next year (according to the SSA which has cited negative inflation this year as the reason).
The new benefit would be $250 – or equivalent to a 2 percent increase in benefits for the average Social Security retiree beneficiary. Under the rules no person could “double dip” and receive a $250 Economic Recovery Payment through more than one program. Nor could they receive both an Economic Recovery Payment and the Making Work Pay tax credit.
The $250 payments would go to those receiving veterans benefits, disability benefits, railroad retirees and public employee retirees who don’t receive Social Security. Like the 2009 $250 payment, the additional $250 social security payment will most likely be paid out by the SSA and not count as income for SSI. To date Economic Recovery Payments have been made to 55 million people including seniors, veterans and people with disabilities and totaled $13.7 billion. Most of the checks were mailed out in May 2009.
To receive the $250 payment, the beneficiary’s address of record must be in a valid US state or territory. Only individuals eligible for Social Security, SSI, Veterans, or Railroad Retirement benefits at any time during the months of November 2009, December 2009, or January 2010 may be eligible for the extra payment. The $250 payment will be delivered in the same way your current Social Security or SSI benefit is sent.
In addition to this legislative proposal, the IRS and the Department of Treasury will take steps this week to prevent reductions in the amounts that workers can contribute to IRAs, 401(k)s, and other aspects of tax-favored retirement systems in 2010 that some feared could result from negative inflation over the past twelve months.
Why do we even need a president when Congress pretty much runs the country themselves regardless of what our president says or how he feels?
I was going to be rich the Americian dream? I studdied a reputable field for 21 years thinking I was the Exception and not the rule. I love my job making a lot of money. Future looks great, guess what I got hurt on the Job. Now I’m a carrept Bagger!!!! unbeliveable??????????? This is not my fait I promise theirs a mistake this can’t be happing. I have three state licensed from the state this is my fait ? This has got to be a big mistake. But over time the truth settles in you are where you are and my god have mercy on our souls because our fellow man does’nt.People in my field are million-aires. Was I looking forward to our simulis, yes I was but this is not a big surprise, lets face it were at the mercey of men. they do what they want inthe name of justice,overspending by big goverment we are just flys, Something they ratter not deal with. If your young for your own cause dont’ get hurt God forbid. I plee the First Amendment. In this opening and closing of this comment. And do more about Blocking our boarders . And Arnolds promise of resiviors he promised in term as govenor and then he would not open the water ways to san joaquin vally so those poor people could grow food ,for the bread basket of caifornia also Fresno.he was suppose to catch the water going in to the OCEAN my fellow friends, Hang on it’s Going to just get STORMEY STAY TUFFF AND SHOP MORE SALES, THE STORES HERE US ,WHEN WE ARE ONE .LOVE R.S. KEEP FIGHTING WE WILL BE HEARD. LOVERS OF THE PAST.
Please go to Petition2Congress for $250 stimulus checks for social security recipients.
There have been 703 people to sign up so far and the more the better.
Once you sign up, a letter or e-mail is also forwarded to your congressmen, senator and the President.
I think this will be most productive, so please go there and sign the petition. Maybe something
will materialize from this, hopefully.
It is about time the seniors of this country got out and voted this november and in 2012 and let these people know how you feel about being lied to again. Vote now democratic or republican but independent and be heard for a change
I BELIEVE EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES SSI,SOCIAL SECURITY,AND ETC.SHOULD BE GETTING A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF $250.00 AND NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE ON MEDICARE,IF I WAS THE IN CHARGE I WOULDN’T BE MAKING A DECISION LIKE THAT SO I THINK EVERYONE WHO RECIEVES THERE INCOME SHOULD BE GETTING A PAYMENT OF $250.00,SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
This country is so messed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We always help everyone else, but the hell with US citizens. You almost have to leave the country, come back on a boat or get a green card in order for the US GOV to help you.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! US Government please put your people first
Straight republican for me
iwander what happens to my mother and fathers social security when they didnt get to draw theres for very long . m mother and dad worked when we were young children we had to take care of the home the farm the animals and go to school our work was unseen.the jobs took a mother and dad away from use at home.but no one cares welost our mother and dad my mother was 68 my dad at 67. we loved them very much. and thers a lot more people out ther thats lost moms and dads at early ages they worked hard all there lives then didnt live to draw very little of there social security so what happened to theres.
It’s disable people that has worked all their lives.They worked and paid into social security.Okay maybe they have grown old or perhaps have an illness now.And has to rely on social security.They paid taxes to when they were working and still paying taxes now.So who ever dont agree to the $250 stimulus check need to think twice .One day you to can grow old or maybe get sick while you are young.It’s people that really need that money for a bill.So who ever dont agree need to go to h……
has our 250 SS checks been stolen from Washington Democrats; MAY BE WE SHALL VOTE ALL DEMS OUT OF WASHINGTON FOREVER THAT CAN BE EASILY DONE! ….what else will be stolen from us the next 2 years…our shoes, socks and shoe laces mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm also we will have many many tea parties…thank you very much
Actually voting the Democrats out is possibly the worst outcome-if you think the Republicans are concerned about the elderly, disabled, etc. let alone the debt owed to the American people, study the policies of George W. Bush and his wretched father. Secondly, the Congress borrowed from Social Security and owes the American People over 2 trillion dollars! It was borrowed without our knowledge and for purposes that have nothing to do with Social Security – They never asked the public “May we borrow money from Social Security?” The question is when will they own up to it and what did they spend it on? Think about this…seriously.
Irealy need this money because things are so bad right now. trying to make it just on the ss check.
What is up regarding te $250 Social Security Stimulus Payment in 2010 for Retirees, Veterans and the Disabled.
Still waiting to hear on any udpdates for a 2010 payment. Will update the post as soon as I hear anything.
If this doesnt tell ya its time for a major shakeup nothing will . This November go to the polls and vote ALL the incumbent A-holes out . They voted themselfs a pay raise and took away OUR C.O.L.A. , they said the cost of living hasnt gone up . Ya talk about bullshit , their full of it ! There is no longer a 2 party system its become a matter of THEM against US and they hold ALL the cards. WAKE UP AMERICA and bring back the country I remember , where the MAJORITY rules and the PEOPLE have a voice . One thing for sure WE the people cant take many more setbacks before REVOLTING !!!
I don’t where you’ve been at slick but “…the country I remember , where the MAJORITY rules and the PEOPLE have a voice” hasn’t been here since the ’40’s, possibly the early ’50’s. You better forget that idea.
You poor people who depend on Social Security. You should have known when FDR did his bait-and-switch that you couldn’t depend on Social Security. He sold it as a Trust Fund but implemented it as a tax rather then an savings plan. So, why should I pay for your foolish faith in the Federal Government’s social progam when I knew in my early twenties not to include Social Security in my retirement portfolio.
Cheer up – Compared to the global average standard of living, most of you are rich! Cancel your cable/dish TV, sell your second vehicle, reduce to one phone service, stop over-eating, quit drinking, stop smoking, eat in instead of out, terminate your internet subscription, cancel those silly magazine subscriptions, and stop wasting your money on lottery tickets, etc. I grew up more destitute than what I’m reading in these posts and have still got my belt tightened so I can fund my own retirement without Social Security. The $250 would only be a one-time check and is Obama’s way of buying your votes for his cronies in November. I still pay taxes. DON’T PROSTITUTE YOUR VOTE AT MY EXPENSE!
Did you vote for Obamacare? All of the spending and entitlement programs the socialist congress is pushing further doom Social Security and Medicare. Let’s vote these big-spending fools out of office and kill Obamacare and other wasteful programs so Social Security and Medicare can be preserved!
You’re an ignorant emefr. Many of us who are disabled also pay taxes. You could be in an accident that would change your life forever. So, before you start judging us..go EFURSELF. And, if something horrific happens to you oneday..you won’t be so damn quick to judge.
Richard, You are one arrogant ass that needs to be knocked off that high horse you’re riding. Just who do you think you are? I would sure as hell like to buy you for what you’re worth, and then sell you for what you think you’re worth. I would have more than enough money to fund the whole damn country getting a stimulus check.
Richard,
there are a lot of disabled American Vets out there who still pay taxes (like me) and work part time as best as they are able. These Vets did a whole lot more for this country than your sorry punk ass ever will. If you lived next door I’d stomp the shit out your ass, and staple a chinese flag to your forehead, and sew your eyelids and mouth shut !!
we all over look the fact that this country was in a mess when obama took office how can you blame him for something that was already mess up we all need to prayer and put the the blames where it lies obama did not created this mess so stop blaming him
Wow.
Imagine that.
An a**hole spewing (obvious) Republican rhetoric while he denegrates the Democrats who are trying desperately to undo the untold billions (trillions?) in damage that this country has undergone at the hands of his crooked RepubliCANT Mommys and Daddys.
If, indeed, you did grow up poor as you state (instead of making false statements to that effect – also a very Republican thing to do, I’d like to point out), then the biggest detriment to your life is the fact that you also grew up ignorant.
You point to Social Security as “part of (people’s) retirement planning” as if that broad assumption covers everyone who suffers from the current S.S. crisis. You failed to include disabled Veterans who depend on S.S. (along with their disability pensions) to live. Well, ‘live’ might be too strong of a word, nowadays…how about ‘survive’…and just barely at that. That category is the one, lamentably, that I fall into.
I’m only 33 and yet am rated as 110% disabled according to the VA. I began work, tax paying work, when I was 11 and living in rural S.C. I, too, had “planned for my retirement” by working hard and not even considering S.S. as a reliable crutch for that period of my life. However, after serving my country (in Iraq, amongst other places), I was diagnosed with a host of service-related problems that make my life almost unmanagable and completely negate my ability to work towards the retirement I had always planned for. Now, I’m stuck with a subpar standard of living based on what jack-a** Republicans like you have decided is “fair” for disabled service members.
How would you like to live on a meager percentage of what you could be making as a gainfully employed worker, simply because some other idiot (much like you, you judgmental prick – let me guess, you consider yourself a hardcore ‘Christian’, don’t you?) has decided that you shouldn’t have to ‘bear the burden’ of supplementing their existence?
Your unbearable self-serving attitude is what is REALLY wrong with this country, not social service programs that enable the truly needy (and their families) to avoid living on the streets and panhandling for enough to buy a can of soup and a cot in a homeless shelter on a day-to-day basis.
Your run-down of what people can do away with (bills like Internet, phone lines, and food) only goes to show what a monumentally judgmental and finger-pointing b*stard you truly are. However, those types of suggestions are right in line with the Republican ideal though, aren’t they? Hell, without Internet, the poor and disenfranchised can’t voice their opinions and hopefully affect a much-needed change with those in power, and isn’t that exactly what you and your lot are hoping for? Powerless and voiceless segments of society subject to your tyranny of thought and opinion?
“Don’t prostitute (my) vote”? If nothing else, this one statement identifies the depth of your ignorance more than any other arrogant and out-of-touch codswallop you set forth in your disgraceful treatise. It’s not YOUR vote if someone else makes it, genius. This world isn’t about others doing only what YOU think they should do. And, you wanted to make a statement about other’s leanings towards Socialism? Take a look in the mirror, fellow.
The fact that you’ve swallowed the ‘party line’ (including the hook and sinker) when it comes to ‘socialized medicine’, is another way I can readily identify your idiocy. Just because private insurance companies in the 1950s spent today’s equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars in scaring the general public out of guaranteed medical care and coverage by labeling it as ‘Socialism’ doesn’t make it any more ‘Socialist’ in fact than your presentation as a ‘learned’ individual makes you less of a idiot.
Finally (as I’ve wasted far too much of my time already in acknowledging your ridiculous ramblings), you were right about one thing: we do need to oust the “big-spenders” from office and kill wasteful programs.
No one should ever vote Republican again.
Well Larry S. that was quite a speech, but I think you forgot about a Democrat congress that voted themselves a raise recently. A Democratic Speaker of the House that has a new office that cost more a month than at least 3 people on most SS incomes. What are you thinking, or are you thinking at all?
Get real !
PW
wouldnt all of us like to have the mrs.obama spends on herwaldrobe,haircuts and everything eslse she can spend all those big bucks.hell if she would live one week like i do on 674.00 a month raising two grand kids with no foodstamps or welfare or any other help she would starve. get real mrs. obama. just like bushes wife spending all that money at christmas for her parties and flower with fruit arrangments that wilted a little andthrew away. i would of loved to been their dumpster to eat.
Here is the phone number for the White House 202 456-1111. When prompted option to make a comment to President Obama. A real person will take your response. I call the White House often. The wait time is normally short. The only time that it was longer was when it was announced that there was not going to be a COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. The more people call and complain to the White House about not geting the stimulus check and the fact they are disabled and can’t work, the more the White House will pay attention to us. If your power or heat is about to be shut off tell them you have a HARDSHIP and they will contact someone on your behalf. Last year my power was about to be shut off and within 3 hours my past due bill of $810. was paid by a non-profit. I had a letter faxed to the White House and also to my Power Company. Check with your local homeless non-profits to also get help keeping your heat or power on. Also check with your senior centers for help. You don’t need to be a senior to get help. Does everyone know about freecycle.com? Everything is FREE for pickup in your LOCAL area. Does everyone know about coupons.com? You can save money on groceries and other items. You are allowed to print a certain amount of coupons on your home computer. Hope this helps.
I have worked 38 jobs in my lifetime and raised 6 successful adult children. The money I receive from Social Security ($805. per month) is from what I paid into Social Security on MY SOCIAL SECURITY RECORD, not my ex-husbands!!! So it is MY DIME!!! Check into grants in your area for weatherization. Both my attic and basement were insulated for FREE. I also received a FREE water heater, 7 FREE double pane windows, a FREE door, and a FREE electric panel. There are a couple of grants coming up that I will also qualify for for a FREE electric heat pump, and a $7,500 grant to repair my front porch and sidewalk. Sometimes it’s difficult to find some of these resources but they do exist. The best way to find them is to check locally. Although churches are supposed to be the place to go to get help where I live in Oregon I haven’t gotten help from a church even one time. Local non-profits and the senior center are a great resource. This year I have received so far over $1,200. in help from both the senior center and local non-profits to keep my heat on. I am so grateful that they were able to help. Being the end of the month I have .48 cents in the bank. I had to recycle cans to eat today. Someone left $5.00 worth of plastic bottles on my porch. I got $2.00 in gas, some milk, and a bag of potatoes. I will make it to April 30th when my check for $121. comes in from the VA-my estranged husband is a vet. We don’t live together-his choice. I TRY TO JUST TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME AND MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY. I SELDOM ASK MY GROWN ADULT CHILDREN FOR HELP. A FEW TIMES A YEAR THEY WILL HELP ME.
A week and a half ago I called Social Security to see if they heard anything more about the $250. Stimulus check. The person there said it was on the calendar for the next day to come out. I kept checking with my bank and no check!!! I called Social Security back and was told I was given wrong information. She stated that nothing had been approved yet. That is the latest that I have heard.
I just heard people on ssi will recieve $250.00 in the 2nd week of June for it was in our paper here. So hope this is true and if it is it should be here anyday now will let you all know if I get it.
Anon/Cooley – You are mixing this payment up with the $250 Medicare Gap payment. The amount is the same as the SSI payment, but it is for a different purpose. Unfortunately (and I even checked the SSA website) there is no further update on a $250 SSI payment for 2010. Please send a link to your paper if I am wrong.
Well what a surprise! The statement “he who owns all the gold rules” is totally true. VOTE THEM OUT THIS FALL! Who has the power then rich fat cat Washington thieves! Wake up America! Stop being apathetic!
for the people sitting in the office making all kinds of money and then say we dont need a raise well you go out there and try to live on 674 a month if i could work i would and also tell me the prices are not going up where do they shop because i really cant afford to on that much money and eveything keeps going up and they say its not go shop at wal-mart
All I have to say is WHERE is congress this evening at the White House Press Conference Dinner at 25,000.00 a plate….or in their prviate jets to Europe and anywhere else they can spend our money…or are they just voting on a raise for themselves….50/47 what the _ _ _ _ does Congress care….absolutely NOT @@@@@@@@@@@@@ with out question it will NEVER matter to any of them they tell their lies to get elected and then smash us all like BUGS! so they can keep their Riches right in their pocets…a block of chees at the grogery store is NOW $7.87 for 1.5lb we will be starving but NOT congress/ house of reps’ oh no and NOT our President or his family either….we all keep drowing in the American Dream! “What was that again” ?
WHEN VOTING TIME COMES AROUND ALL THOSE ON SSI OR SSD ORSOCIALSECURITY NEED TO ALL REMEMBER EXACTLY WHO VOTED THE 250.00 OUT THEY SAY YOU CAN FIND OUT ITS NOT A SECRET AT ALL WELL THEIRS 50 OF THEM WHO NEED TO GET AXED IN PLAIN ENGLISH, AN THEN THEY NEED TO NOT ONLY GIVE 250.00 BUT PUT COLA BACK IN PLACE . OBAMA CAME IN COLA GOT AXED GRERAT SCENARIO TOTALLY, MAYBE WE CAN GIVE THE ONES WHO VOTED AGAINST THIS TO THE BP PEOPLE THESE 50 ARE AS BAD AN AS WORSE AS BP IS I LIVE IN FLORIDA I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE OIL WASHING ASHORE IN OUR COUNTY WE ALL SUFFER WHETHER ITS BY OUR SENATE AN CONGRESS OR BP THEIR ARE NO WINNERS HERE AT ALL, BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE WE ARE ALL LOOSERS HERE TOTALLY ! VOTE THEM ALL OUT IS THE SOLUTION , ANY ONE WOULD BE BETTER THEN THE 50 RESPONSIBLE FOR VOTING THIS OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THIS 250.00 STIMULUS I NOT GREEDY NEITHER SHOULD THEY BE GREEDY EITHER HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS MONEY NOW NOT TOMORROW OR NEXT MONTH NOW IS THE SOULTION TOTALLY
I know the Lord will provide for His people
WELCOME TO THE UN UNITED STATES WE ARE NOW IN THE LAST DAYS ON EARTH SO COLLECT ALL THE RICHES U CAN THE PROBLEM IS U CANT TAKE THEM WITH U IF ANY OF U HIGH OFFICIALS KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WE SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE LIKE WE WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED THE TRULY SAD PART IS THAT OBAMA CAME IN UNDER FALSE PRETENSE CLAIMING TO BE A CHRISTIAN WELL IF YOUR CHRISTIAN THEN IM MUSLIM BECAUSE WE DONT ASK OUR TROOPS TO BURN THE HOLY BIBLE BECAUSE IT OFFENDS THE IRANIANS THE TRUTH BE KNOWN IT OFFENDS OBAMA AS WELL OUR FIRST CLUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIS NAME WHEN THE WORLD GOVERNMENT TAKES PLACE AND WE HAVE ONE RULER ITS TIME TO WATCH OUT HE IS THE SO CALLED MESSIAH MOST PEOPLE WILL BE FOOLED BY HIM HIS FIRST 3AND A HALF YRS WILL BE FOR PEACE PROPERITY AND PATRONAGE THEN THE VERI-CHIP WILL COME OUT ITS THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE WITH A 16 DIGIT NUMBER INT IT IT WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE HAND IN REVELATION CH.13 VERSE 15-17 HE WILL CAUSE GREAT SMALL RICH POOR TO RECIEVE THE MARK IN THERE RIGHT HAND NOONE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL ANYTHING WITHOUT THIS CHIP LOOK UP THE VERI-CHIP THEY CLAIM IT WILL BE USED FOR IDENTITY THEFT AND OTHER REASONS AND U WONT BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL ANYTHING WITHOUT IT THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HHMMMM COICIDENCE I THINK NOT ITS TIME TO TURN BACK TO GOD EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKEN US TO THE PATH OF HELL MAY THE LORD BE WITH US IN THESE LAST DAYS IM SO THANKFUL I DONT CARE ABOUT MATERIAL THINGS AND WHAT I CAN GET OUT OF THIS LIFE BECAUSE WHERE IM GOING WILL BE FAR FROM HATE GREED/ENVY/LUST ……I PRAY THAT THIS OPENS PEOPLES EYES TO THE TRUTH GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL
YOU ARE SO RIGHT. I PUT ALL MY TRUSE IN GOD, YES HE IS IN CONTROT AND I HOPE PEOPLES WILL SEE WHAT REALLY IS HAPPEN.
Well Congress….. 57 million seniors are a lot of votes. I urge all seniors to find out who voted NO on the $250 payment to seniors.
Then come November VOTE THE BUMS OUT!
They don’t care about us, they don’t listen to us. Lets get rid of them NOW.
Don’t forget 2010 or 2012. Lets Take our country back !!!!
its like the prince and the pauper. all the gov people live inside the castle and all of the rest of
us live outside trying to gather as much food to live on and all the people in the castle live well,
eat well, sleep well, dress well, and when they are done with what they have, they throw the
scraps over the wall to the rest of us. so, that’s what we are being treated like,,,,,,just getting
the scraps. it would be nice when they sit down to their steak dinners at the white house,
they got the scraps -the FAT they trimmed to give US—and we got the good meat for a change.
they can’t see that because when they look in the mirror—-they seem themselves as the
fairest of them all.
God WILL have vengence—He said in His word, “Vengence is mine, says the Lord”.
keep your damn stimulas,and we will keep our votes!congress dont have SS#.I will vote that they will have to live on it like us.( yeah right!) in my dreams or next life.it must be nice to vote for your own retirements,and holiday bonus.and winter/summer/spring breaks at our expence.hope ya choke on it! God is watching.play nice.
It would be interesting to know if those 50 senators were able to receive their annual increase?
The rules state : “A cost of living-adjustment (COLA) increase takes effect annualy unless Congress voted to not accept it”.
WE should be united, not disfunctional AAARP, but in our rights, apply in civil rights court for our rights,
ask help in International Human Rights Organisation, reduce foreign financial aid, especially annual 6 billion dollars payment to Israel from 1949 untill know. There is 19 social group with this domand, we must to join them. That what we expected to do in our senior age? To struggle with our democratical
government for living wage?
I think that the government needs to make a freeze on rent.as to how much landlords can
charge..and give them a credit of somesort..
I also think that they need to raise the food stamps..and medicare more then 20 dollars a month.
Offer employers to employ more americans with a tax credit for so many only.
and most of all the government needs to get rid of AFDC…and giving the people whom are not full citizens off all programs except for the kids schooling/medical and food programs in school.
so their parents cant profit from it.
Mostley I believe that all government agencies and thats goes for those that run our government
a pay cut..and all banks can not give out bonus’s anymore..or extra anything..just like they
were a paying pro player..and about sports…they get way to much as in the actors and actresses too.
How about getting rid of grants for stupid stuff…we all read about those.
Grant vets more help..cause they deserve it..and elderly a pay out when you reach a certain age of 70
you dont get a ck every month you get 25 percent of what the goverment spend on tolit paper..
cause theres a lot of crap going around!
Dignity of society defines the way it treat their seniors and children.
This moral principle human been elaborate for centuries.
But not for us.
“No cost of living increase”? When last time our senators visited
the alimentary store? We should know every name voted against
care of seniors . In the same time those senators sent to Israel”s
seniors every year 6 billion dollars. Shame on them.
I think the the people that voted against this should TRY to live on what we the people live on for a few months.You have to wonder if you have enough money to not only pay the rent or house payment but the lights,gas and food.Most of us on this “fixed income” make a dollar or two to much to be able to get food stamps or heap,Yes I do mean Just a dollar or two, that’s all.Hell we can’t afford to buy things like meat or milk.Forget about the things we need like our medicine because of the spend down. Our government is so-pose to protect senior citizens but by voting against this is a crime to every one on social security.They take away from the very people that need it the most.We worked hard to get to these “golden years” the only thing is golden is the pockets if the people that voted against the people on social security..They take from the poor and give to the rich
I heard that not everyone will receive them, but only those who have not received them during Bush presidency! Is that true?
I am disabled and like everyone eles..cant make it till the first of teh month agian..
The 250.00 new payment is for seniors who hit the donut hole no others will recieve it.
Not the vets ..not the disabled…only seniors who hit the donut hole only..
so that leaves me out..however I still have to pay so much for meds till my
deductable is meet…thats to crazy.
And Social services in Indiana has been so screwed up due to our great senator..
and now he wants to kinda go back and hire more people..to feel in the jobs of those they laid off
earlier in the year..make up our minds will you..give everyone the vets ..disabled..seniors
250.00 …plus cost of living…
I just wanted to say, that the republics should listen to the demoncrates for once. We didn’t ask to be put in this situation that we are in, and didn’t ask for a hand out from no one. We couldn’t get a raise because our country is always helping other countries that really doesn’t care about us. I agree with some of the others. We have people here that needs help just as much as other countries. We need to stand up for our country and do what we can to bring it back alike it use to be. We didn’t cause the problem that we are in, and why should we have to suffer for it.
As for the republicans, yes they may have bought grocies, gas, and other things. They can afford them because they get these big raise that they shouldn’t get all the time. Why don’t you take some of your money and help them over in the other countries. Do you think they would help us if we were in their shoes? I know that you don’t agree with everything the demoncrates say or do, but it should be equal rights, and decisions. Our President, is doing what he can for the elders and the poor. I feel if he says that we should get the stimulus check, then it should so be it.
Did the republicans forget who gave us this world? It wasn’t man kind, it was God. They wouldn’t have what they got now, if it wasn’t for God. He created everyone equal, not one better than the other. So just stop and think, you have parents or family members that are eldly that could use the money. You need to stop and think about all this, because one day, you may not be able to work, and be an elder one day. So put yourself in our shoes, because one day, you will be and then you will know what it feels like. God loves everyone, not just one kind, and he didn’t expect this to happen. Man kind put us in this situation, and about the cola situation, were not needing the money for that, and why would it matter. I hope that someone stops and think about this and reconsider.
So please think this over and help us. Were not asking for much, just to be able to live.
what do you think people can live on the little bit of money you give us now well we cant after paying all the bills 674 a month is not enough money
YOU ONLY GET 674 A MONTH GEE I GET 675 I AM RICHER THAN YOU LOL. PLUS I GET A WHOPPING BIG 19.00 FROM SSI AND I CAN M AKE IT A WHOLE 3 WEEKS OFF MY CHECKS .. AT 674.00 A MONTH YOU SHOULD OR WOULD QUALIFY FOR SSI AND YES YOU CAN DO THAT. MAYBE ONLY 19-20 DOLLARS BUT WITH WHAT WE MAKE EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS,,, PLUS IT QUALFYS YOU FOR MEDICAID!!!! WHICH WILL MAKE YOUR MEDICARE PAYMENTS!!!!
To those of you who have no idea what its like to stretch less than 900 bucks a month so far that you can hear the last penny scream……WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU TOOK THAT MONEY FROM US WHO NEED IT SOOOOOOOOO BAD!! I’m only in my 40’s and sure as hell didnt plan on being disabled. I like all of us had already made plans to use it to catch a power bill up or maybe put extra food in the house, the list goes on and on. Ya know im not so sure there is any such thing as american pride anymore. This on top of everything going on overseas makes me ASHAMED TO CALL MYSELF AN AMERICAN!!! Mr President somebody better do something and do it fast before we loose this country.
I kno that’s right. That’s pretty messed up how they raised the cost of our living but not the amounts of our checks… terriable… america land of the free and struggling…
i think it is sad when those on social security,those who have worked and paid into the system pay nearly 100.00 per month for our medicare and when we must see a doctor we must pay 20%. forget about going to a dentist.,not covered and not affordable. my husband just had open heart surgery and by the time we got through our deductibles and co pays were three thousand dollars. on ssi,those that did not pay into the system,get medicaid. they get their teeth pulled with new dentures,all their medical bills and surgerys are paid in full.they get food stamps,free utilities,free phones,and the list of freebies goes on. why is it that the working stiffs get stuck for the generous ride the lazy people on ssi are on. and the food stamp program is also a joke.i know a family of five getting over $600.00 a month in food stamps.of that amount they spend around $400.00 on soda pop. why is the food stamp program allowing junk food purchased on stamps? dont they realize they will be paying for obesity diabetes,and of course new teeth for these people. revamp the intire welfare program PLEASE. and as for the stimulas for seniors.i guess my hospital bills will just have to wait or maybe i can give up eating a couple days a week thank you for listening
i am on social security and medicaid i get 750.00 a month when the next senate election and representatives and legislatures and congress come up for vote, the ones that are in there now will not be getting my vote do not vote for these same people again as well as our president we the disabled, the vets, the senior citizens we have enough votes between us to make these people take notice, don’t vote for these same people and impeach the new ones that don’t follow the constitution and take care of us the American citizens
I’m disabled and was looking for the extra help on the 250.00 check , who ever said the cost of living didn’t go up needs to look again, It’s not fair if they wasn’t going to give the stimulas check they should have giving ss a increase at the first of the year instead of making us think they were going to help us later on .Wizzie
DID EVERY ONE NO THAT THE CONGRESS AN SENATE AN GOVENORS ALL GOT A PAY RAISE THIS YR IM TOLD BETWEEN A 6%&13% PAY RAISE WELL SOME WHERE THEY FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED THEM GET THEIR JOBS! THIS IS SAD WHEN OUR GOVERMENT WOULD NOT HAVE THEIR JOBS IF ALL THE PEOPLE DIDNOT VOTE THEM IN ITS TIME TO GET SOME DOING THEIR JOBS WHO CARE ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST NOT LAST, OUR COUNTRY CAN FIND THE MONEY TO HELP OTHER COUNTRIES BUT CANT HELP ITS OWN UNREAL TOTALLY EVERY ONE NEEDS TO GO TO FACEBOOK AN GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE ACCOUNT AN EMAIL THEM TILL THEY GET TIRED OF SEEING YOUR EMAILS IT TAKES EVERY ONE TO DO IT NOT A FEW I DO IT EVERY TIME IN ON FACE BOOK I THINK THE ONES WHO NEED THE 250 NEED TO GET IT CONGRESS AN SENATE NEED TO GET OFF THE ASSES AN START HELPING THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES FIRST!
i am disabled like a lot of people and alot of my family are vets i think its bad when the united states call for our troops to go to battle we dont even blink we go put when its time to give us all a cost of living raise or a 250 doller check the congress stops and blinks what has this world come to we stand up and fight for our country but congress thinks we dont need a raise or 250 dollers i say we make all of congress live just one month on a disabled check and try to pay there bills then i bet they would not even blink at giving us our raises
I was really looking forward to a little help this year. No increase in social security, but increase in rent, electricity, food, water, gas, and you name it. Without the increase the little bit of money that I had put away disappeared, and now I struggle day to day to keep a little bit of finance going so that I won’t be completed funless at the end of the month, which is very embarrassing. I’m already disabled and depending on a monthly income, but to be completely broke without any other means of income, (I can’t any find work because of my disability). Thanks a lot for the belief of the $250.00 stimulus I was looking for to help out this year, I guess the joke was on me believing that my vote counted.
I THINK IT IS VERY HARD NOW A DAYS.PEOPLE LIVE ON CHECKS ONCE A MOTH AND VERY THING IS GOING SKY HIGH.BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I ARE DISABEL NAD WE GET 505.50 A MONTH, BUT BY THE TIME WE PAY BILLS AND GET OUR MEDS WE ARE BROKE.SO WE REALLY NEED THAT STIMULUS CHECK. WE ALSO GET 170.00 IN FOOD STAMPS, BUT SINCE EVERYTHING IS SO HIGH WE CAN’T GET NOTHING WITH 170.00. SO I HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE DO GET THAT CHECK.
Its amazing that the government deemed no COLA is justified for SSA recipients, however, SSA employees and governmet other federal emoployees get a 2% COLA increase. Go figure..
After reading your recent post regarding the defeat of the bill extending a second $250 payment to Social Security recipients, of whom I am one, I contacted the SSA. I was terribly upset by the news that this payment had been defeated in Congress and by the fact that the SSA had not posted this information on their website.
According to the reps at Social Security this issue has not been decided in Congress one way or the other. They reiterated this statement when I challenged it, sending them a link to and copy of your post on the subject. Can you point me to the exact legislation (i.e. HRnnnn) in which Congress defeated this payment so I can send it to the SSA? Seems like someone is being less than honest over there, too.
Also, in your post stating that Congress was reinstating this payment as part of the health care reform bill, you state that the Medicare part D doughnut hole starts at $896.00 and does not “Close” until $4500. That is incorrect..If it were true most Medicare recipients would be dead by now due to a complete inability to pay for their medicine. The doughnut hole does not start until ~$2600 (I don’t know the exact amount for 2010 but it didn’t drop to <$900, I assure you. I would already be paying 100% of my medication costs, which are about $500/month if it had. I would notice-trust me. ) Please correct this misstatement in one of your posts on the subject before a lot of people get really upset for no reason.
I would also appreciate it if you could direct me to the section of the Health Care bill that addresses this issue. I would like to know if they have come up with a time line. Quite honestly, as I told the folks at SSA, I doubt very much that the government is going to be able to get anything out to the people who desperately need and were counting on this money before Christmas. In fact, I am beginning to believe that this whole thing was a sham from the get-go….something to keep these 50million voices quiet until the furor about the loss of the COLA died down. Now, if they do manage to get the $250 out to us by the end of the year they are probably going to use IT to deny us a COLA in 2011!
Do you ever wonder why Congress did not just pass emergency legislation to waive the requirement that the Consumer Price Index be higher than the previous year for a COLA to happen? ? After all, we were on the verge of a depression in 2008, 09 and the Fed was manipulating interest rates to decrease the likelihood of runaway inflation. Plus retailers were literally giving stuff away just to get people in the stores! It seems like even the morons in Washington could have figured out that these were extraordinary times, and therefore called for extraordinary measures.
Any comments?
TO THE WHITE HOUSE DO YOU KNOW WHAT MILLIONS OF SENIOR CITIZENS FEEL ABOUT THE DENIAL OF THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU DENIED US? DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE SENIORS PAVED THE WAY FOR THE WHOLE NATION TO GET HERE? WE HURT DEEP INSIDE, AND MORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE WE WORKED FOR A SMALL INCOME IN OUR DAY. AND NOW YOU MAKE MORE MONEY IN A YEAR THAN WE MADE IN MANY YEARS OF OUR LIVES.
BUT IT IS OKAY, FOR THE DAY WILL COME WHEN JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL AND I WILL NOT FEEL LEFT OUT. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT AND BE AWARE THAT IT WILL COME. LOVE YOU ALL THE RABBI.
It is demagogy. My sister is living in Italy. And this year their government madea redaction of foreign aid to give own senior decent increase . Our government did not do that, continue send to Israel, for example, 6 billion dollars from taxpayer’s money.
If you can read magazine “New York” May 31,2010, page 7 you will learn how much jewish people
give as a grant( bribe) to politicians. Why jewish do not send this money in their Israel instead of thise 6 billions?
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social security is not going broke. they pay us our money then put the rest in general fund. they owes us two andhaif trillion dollars in i owe youes. why don[t we orgsnise ago to washing like jon stewart did.
What I heard is that those 250 dollars checks will only receive those recipients who did not receive them during Bush presidency!
Babylon, Rome, Greece, and Persia what happened to these world kingdoms? They fell. Look out America I see a pattern. All you need to do is find out why.
Obama is the antichrist!!!!! All his votes came from African Americans who never voted before his election, anlong with other uneducated people that voted just because they liked what he said, but had no clue he couldn’t follow through with his promises. people had no clue about politics and made a bad choice. Im middle class and african American and still would choose Bush over Obama intrellectually speaking. Maybe next time before people vote they will educate themselves first.
“…people that voted just because they liked what he said, but had no clue he couldn’t follow through with his promises” THAT HAPPENS with every single administration !!! Get a grip !!!!!! Are you thick headed ?? This happens EVERY election __ people vote just because they like what the candidate says. And the candidate never follows through !! Secondly if you chose Bush you’re an absolute retard. He cared so very little for the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged, just like his wretched father. Wake up !! Are you retarded? Gawd! Use your friggin brain, birdbrain!
in my own opinion, mr. obama, needs 2 quit making all these empty promises 2 all these families of low-income, senior-citizens,and ,the disabled ,people of the U.S.,he has never kept 1 promise/or word that he made since he came in2 office.i have the upmost, respect 4 his, wife- kids, but, he, should, have never been elected president.he couldn’t even keep his word about bringing our troops home. they r still at war, and dying by the 100’s everyday. come on,mr.obama, ur wife, michelle, would’ve made ,definately,abetter president.she shows more strength,courage,power,leadership,and most of all,beauty,style, and,grace.even,hillary clinton,would of worked as president compared2u.allu r doin’istakin’from the poor -n-makin’rich,richer
Its always the people on social security that get the shaft .they havea hard time making it now.If the president says give them $250.00 they should get it. We need to stop helping other countries and help our own.And the economy is not getting any better,food is high ,gas is up and the wages stay the same.no new job are out there.The president and the congress and senators have nothing to worry about cause its the peaons ( tax payers) that pay for ther gas and wages so they can live high off the hog.
if it was not approved how did they get their checks ?
>A warning to seniors getting social security: A friend of mine had his AND his wife's $250 "stimulus" money ($500 total) taken BACK out of his bank account and THEN received a VAGUE notice from the IRS that they were taking it back, no explanation, NOTHING. Be sure to keep a close eye on your bank accounts as this may also happen to YOU!