Democrats and groups such as Social Security Works continue to malign Republicans for calling Social Security an entitlement. I and my employer paid taxes my
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CPI-W continues its march higher – potential 2019 Social Security COLA increasing
The CPI-W for January 2018 was 241.919, for February it was 242.988 and for March it was 243.463 All are a significant increase over the
How do we get our money back from the Social Security Trust Fund?
Before 2010 Social Security payroll taxes exceeded the amount needed to pay benefits. That surplus (which no longer exists) was invested in special US Treasury
Understanding how the Social Security COLA is calculated.
The COLA is based on the change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners; the CPI-W. The change is measured using the average
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