Oct '09 22
AARP Fights For Emergency Relief
Check out Nancy LeaMond's (Executive Vice President at AARP) opinion piece on NPR.org right now.
Nancy makes the case for why lawmakers need to provide emergency relief for older Americans who find themselves on Social Security and won't be receiving a COLA this year.
"As Congress looks for solutions to help us all weather this recession, older Americans must not be overlooked. AARP believes that extending last year's $250 emergency relief is simply the right and responsible thing for Washington lawmakers to do, and we will work with members of Congress from both sides of the aisle to find a fiscally responsible way to make it happen."
Comments
John Militello says:
We all know the tough times we are facing and there is no quick solution or a pill that will fix it, but as a senior citizen, I have paid into the system for many years. If social security was to survive our legislaturs should have kept there hands out of this account to pay for things that wern't ment for S.S. to pay for. The billions our govt has used for inapproiate use has lead to this disaster.
11/02/09 1:09 PM