Latest News
Clarifying the Driving Force Behind the Huge 2023 COLA
Despite claims to the contrary, the 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) arriving in seniors’ January payments is not a positive result of any governmental action taken on their behalf. Quite the opposite, given the simple math that produces the annual COLA. In fact, if one were to seek a link between government leadership and the impact on seniors’ Social Security benefit, it would be fairly easy to see a negative picture in that inflation is the clear driver in whatever happens in determining the annual COLA. For more on this issue, check out this anargusobserver.com post byFactCheck.org’s Lori Robertson.