Posted on 04 February 2011. Tags: Abc News, Budget Cuts, Call To Arms, Capitol Hill, E Mail, Fear Of God, Federal Spending, Human Services Budget, Labor Health, Little Kids, Lobbyists, News Briefing, Republican Budget, Rising Tide, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, Senate News, Senior Citizens, Staffer, Stakeholder Group, Tom Harkin
Senate News Briefing: Over the course of this week, Democrats in have made it quite clear that they still have not heard the message Americans sent Washington in November to reduce spending, debt, and the size of government. In contrast to Republicans, who have been working to find ways to reduce spending, lower the deficit, [...]
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Posted on 02 August 2010. Tags: Andy Griffith, Benefit Cuts, Casual Listener, Congressional Budget Office, Factcheck Org, Fictional Town, Health Care Law, Medicare, Medicare Beneficiaries, Medicare Benefits, Medicare Plans, Medicare Recipients, New Health Care, New Tv, Senior Citizens, Taxpayer Money, Tv Spot, Weasel, Weasel Word, Weasels
FactCheck.org Says “The Promise That ‘Benefits Will Remain The Same’ Is Just As Fictional As The Town Of Mayberry Was When Griffith Played The Local Sheriff” “Like Always, We’ll Have Our Guaranteed [Medicare] Benefits.” (“An Important Message From Medicare With Andy Griffith,” HHS, 7/29/10) “Would The Sheriff Of Mayberry Mislead You About Medicare? Alas, Yes.” [...]
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Posted on 08 November 2009. Tags: Aarp Member, Aarp Members, Agenda, Ailments, American Seniors, Asa, Billions Of Dollars, Blog, Email, Health Care Bill, Mail, Medicare, Medicare Money, Nancy Pelosi, Organization, Pockets, Retirement Age, Running, Senior Citizens, Seniors Association
The AARP just opted to side with Nancy Pelosi and take billions of dollars in Medicare money away from Seniors and use this money for younger people instead. If you are an AARP member, the organization just stuck a knife in your back. Recently, 60,000 AARP members canceled their membership. Apparently, those running the AARP [...]
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Posted on 23 August 2009. Tags: Cap, Cost Of Living Adjustment, Energy Prices, George W Bush, Heating And Cooling, Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Prescription Drug Benefit, Prescription Medications, Senior Citizens, Seniors, Social Security, Social Security Administration, Social Security Checks, Social Security Payments, taxes
The Obama Social Security Administration Trustees say there will be no Cost Of Living Adjustment next year, or the following year. This has not happened since 1975 when the COLA were made automatic.
Due to an increase in the cost of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Senior Citizens will see their monthly check actually go down. In January, 2009, while George W. Bush was still in office, Seniors saw a 5.8% increase in their benefits. This is likely to be the last increase for at least 2 years.
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Posted on 26 June 2009. Tags: American Families, Amnesty For Illegal Aliens, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Clean Energy, David Booth, Despots, Electricity Bills, Electricity Rates, Energy Tax, Fossil Fuels, Gas Prices, Greenhouse Gases, Haircuts, Manufacturing Jobs, Martyrs, Massive Energy, Outcry, Public Scrutiny, Security Act, Senior Citizens, Substantive Impact
This one comes in the form of what’s commonly called the “Cap and Trade Bill” While it’s laudable &necessary to form grassroots that can unseat these freedom-hating despots, there are some things that we have to stop now. Otherwise, these laws will metastasize into an infrastructure that in several years will be difficult to reverse. This CAN be done — only 3 years ago we had a Congress and President all pushing for amnesty for illegal aliens and ONLY a massive outcry from the people stopped it in its tracks. We owe it to our children and to the martyrs of our freedom to do more than complain — but to take a few minutes Friday to make those phone calls and emails to our reps in the House (see info below).
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