Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Second Stimulus

From Yahoo Finance
"Obama calls for $250 payments to seniors
Obama calls for $250 payments to older Americans to make up for no increase in Social Security

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social Security next year.

The White House put the cost at $13 billion. The Social Security Administration is scheduled to announce Thursday that there will be no cost of living increase next year. By law, increases are pegged to inflation, which has been negative this year.

It would mark the first year without an increase in Social Security payments since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975." Obama calls for $250 payments to seniors - Yahoo! Finance

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