I worked 47 years of my 62 i grew up very poor and I get 1368 a month no medical im still poor always been a very hard worker had to retire early 4 hernias back problems ect. But if I was a refugee brought to America I would get the red carpet rolled out just my opinion😊
Oh yes , you have received an increase every year but , it’s not enough to keep up with the cost of living. Isn’t that what Cola stands for, cost of living? They have nickeled and dime Cola, for years!!
Biden just pledged another 50 billion yesterday and the border is destroying our finances further. He’s giving away our money to people that never paid a dime into it, these people are evils. WAKE UP AMERICA VOTE FOR TRUMP OR WE’RE DONE
danielgriffin8132 Social Security was not designed to solely financially get us through life. It's not enough. Many know that and go for employment with a pension or they invest. I also know some that hardly worked, that said, SS payment will be low, one only gets out what they put in. $$
We knew we had to plan for retirement ..we didn't wait till the last minute to start planning.....you got to have a plan..otherwise if you just work minium wage jobs all your life your not gonna fair we'll at all when you do retire..if you even can retire ..
Separate Social Security Retirement discussions from Social Security Disability (SSI). Raise the bar for SSI checks. People have 5 kids and claim they are all disabled as it pays more than welfare. Lots of illegals with U.S. born children are on this gravy train. Not to mention drug addicts claiming disabilities to get their drug money. Politicians and lawmakers keep conflating the two so the abuse never gets dealt with.
And the parents get SSI AS WELL...WHATS UP WITH THAT.....DANG IT YOU HAD THE KIDS SUPPORT THEM YOURSELVES NOT US TAXPAYERS .WE PAID FOR OUR KIDS AND PROVIDED INSURANCE FOR THEM ..WE DIDNT BURDEN THE TAXPAYERS WITH OUR CHILDREN LIKE SSI DOES
But if you knew that why didn't you work extra jobs to ensure a better ss check.....now many are working part time just to make ends meet..WOULDNT IT BEEN EASIER ON YOU TO WORK THE EXTRA WHILE YOU WERE YOUNGER AND DIDNT HAVE THE HEALTH ISSUES YOU HAVE BEING OLDER ..I guess I don't understand what people were thinking ...
@@marshamckee2479 I wasn’t speaking for me. I was speaking in general . I did work my ass off for many years. Some folks don’t have the expertise or the education to work high paying jobs that offer benefits. Also if you are working extra jobs part time here and there, you get no company benefits.
I cant live on the 1,400 dollars a month i get .but we can give Ukraines 50 billion dollars like it is nothing .our country needs to give people on social security a living wage...this is outrageous
"Congress has not done anything to enhance the program in more than 53 years." In 1975, Congress automated the COLA process so that they would not have to actually authorized each and every increase to maintain SS. Before that increases were not timely. Thank-goodness Congress got out of the way! The listed choices are to cut benefits or increase benefits, what about do nothing? Every action must be paid for and all is good if someone else is paying for my benefit, right? I think most will agree they are not getting enough to keep up with inflation. Sadly, only Congress can vote itself a raise.
SS benefits are progressive, that is low earners get a 90% replacement rate, whereas earners at the max get a 28% replacement rate. If a person lived in poverty, SS will not magically raise them out of poverty.
Because changes to SS are always last minute, it is not possible to have the folks that will be receiving be the ones that paying. Because we can not burden the current retirees that did not pay enough when they were working, we limit our choices to which current workers to burden by either delaying benefits or raising taxes.
5M get low SS benefits: Spouses who never worked or worked little, get 50% of their partners benefit. And they get 100% when their spouse passes and 100% after a 10 year marriage if their ex-spouse passes. There is a level of personal entitlement when folks want so much more than they paid for.
"40% of 70M on SS, it is their only retirement benefit." SS is not intended to be one's only source of income! Live on less than you make! In the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper", be the ANT! Medical reasons aside, make better financial decisions!
With respect to delaying FRA, if it is a stupid reaction to the current problem, was it a mistake last time in 1983? You say that each year is a 7% cut in benefits. But unlike changes to the tax rate or tax max, if implemented 20 years before it takes effect, persons contribute to their own future, know what is coming, and adapt. It will not be the youth paying to bolster the short comings of the elderly that did not contribute enough.
Ahh yes, draw in more revenue from a destroyed middle class that can barely afford essentials now for a social program that class won't be able to participate in when it's they turn.
@@salvatoredelucia2450 what draws more revenue: $5 from 500 people or $500 from 5 people? Both equal $2500, but which is easier to do? Social programs are funded by the middle class and that will never change.
People making $400k-plus per year are *not* "middle class". This proposal would take money from the wealthy and much of it will go *to* the middle class.
Actually, I do get SSI because I do not get enough to live on.I had taken care of my parents when they were unable to care for themselves. I worked 2 jobs and had to quit that is why my SS is low.I need help like millions of others.
I get below $1,000. I have already retired, so those that are still working are actually building up SS, but those that are already retired have not built up anymore money.
Pay the people that put in the fund all these years! If you want to make changes, make it happen to those that have not paid. And also have the rich pay all year through and remove the cap!!
Stop giving are hard earned money that we worked all are life to other countries when we need you guys to help the people of America every body else gets are benefits and we get the crumbs sad to be a American
It's a below poverty program when your only getting 1100 a month for someone didabled to live on and it's only 30% a month of what you need. For someone disabled where is the other 70% of money supposed to come from? LIFT THE CAP ON SOCIAL INSECURITY. REPEAL THE $2000 ASSET LIMIT!
THESE AMOUNTS DON T REFLECT ON ALL THE ELDERLY HERE IN MY APT. FOR 55 AND OVER, WE ALL MAKE FROM 900.00-1050.00. A MONTH...NONE OF US MAKE WHAT WAS JUST LISTED . WE ARE ALL WAY BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL AND HAVE TO PAY CASH FOR GROCERIES, RENT, ETC...INFLATION HAS KILLED US..........😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Expecting us disabled ti exist off $1300 or less per month is inhumane. Remove the wage cap, raise the federal minimum wage, build affordable housing for disabled people, and stop making us live in the streets PLEASE!
They are trying to say people on SSI do not get any where near what people on SS GET .which they must not understand SS RECIPENTS HAVE A WORK HISTORY WHERE MOST SSI DO NOT HAVE A WORK HISTORY WHAT SO EVER THATS WHY THEY GET THE 9 HUNDRED SOMTHING AMOUNT
If you make a buck jfs and s.s take it and you loose benefits and then you have to be part B at higher rate back to 174 and not the164 for part B just because of 3.2 raise
I DO HOPE "IF" WE GET HELP, THE GIVERNMENT HOUSING DOESN'T INCREASE OUR RENT & TAKE AWAY THE LITTLE BIT OF SNAP GIVES TO HELP FEED THE ELDERLY...IF SO, WE WILL NOT BE BETTER OFF....😮😢😢😢😮
Do anybody want to accept Jesus christ as your savior he want to to you love peace and happiness and joy and salvation and eternal life if u confess your sins
Thank you for keeping up the fight for us John we need you and admire you
Get rid of most Congress
I worked 47 years of my 62 i grew up very poor and I get 1368 a month no medical im still poor always been a very hard worker had to retire early 4 hernias back problems ect. But if I was a refugee brought to America I would get the red carpet rolled out just my opinion😊
You are correct
This House of Representatives has been so disgraceful for this country and totally counterproductive
We need money now not later...😢
Congress needs to act now
CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE ACTED A LONG TIME AGO!!!
50 years of talking 😮
YEA' ALL TALK, TALK, TALK AND NO ACTION!!! "WHAT A WASTE" OF TIME!!!!!!!!@@carolyn1003
40% of SS recipients are now living below the federal poverty line. Hadn't had an increase since 1982. Tragic for elderly indigenous Americans.
SonicSojourners That isn't true. I'm retired and have received an increase every year.
We have received increases every year since we have retired... YOU MUST BE CONFUSED
Oh yes , you have received an increase every year but , it’s not enough to keep up with the cost of living. Isn’t that what Cola stands for, cost of living? They have nickeled and dime Cola, for years!!
I've been disabled for 15 years and I'm living on the same way as I was getting 30 years ago
He’s right. HE NEEDS TO RUN FOR CONGRESS ❤
He is in Congress
I live on 943 a month that will not pay my bills roof over my head or clothes on my back and I am disabled
The same with me, except I'm 59 and disabled and I'm going to be on the street with no place to live.
But yet they can give Ukraine trillions of dollars
Ukraine it s more imortant for them ....they realy don t care at all about american people...
Lindsay Graham let the cat out the bag. Ukraine has 12 to 13 trillion dollars of mineral assets. 2 days ago.
Biden just pledged another 50 billion yesterday and the border is destroying our finances further. He’s giving away our money to people that never paid a dime into it, these people are evils. WAKE UP AMERICA VOTE FOR TRUMP OR WE’RE DONE
CORRUPTION LIKE ALWAYS!!!!!
They have received around 79 Billion
Remove the SS tax and do not pegged the gross income to Medicare payment.
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Ssi benifits need raised ssi itself and the harsh penalties need to be removed
I totally agree whth what he is saying
Oh, theyve done something. Take $$$$$ from social security to give themselves a raise.
We all need more money that's for sure😮
At least our government has millionaires in its ranks - almost all of them. 😟
I only got $1057 on my benefits
As John Larson says to Congress---JUST VOTE
The real story is that low wage earners on social security are going hungry, and some are homeless. The top earners are just fine .
danielgriffin8132 Social Security was not designed to solely financially get us through life. It's not enough. Many know that and go for employment with a pension or they invest. I also know some that hardly worked, that said, SS payment will be low, one only gets out what they put in. $$
We knew we had to plan for retirement ..we didn't wait till the last minute to start planning.....you got to have a plan..otherwise if you just work minium wage jobs all your life your not gonna fair we'll at all when you do retire..if you even can retire ..
@@brooklynn52dee38 Let Grandma eat cake!
Amen to his words
Separate Social Security Retirement discussions from Social Security Disability (SSI). Raise the bar for SSI checks. People have 5 kids and claim they are all disabled as it pays more than welfare. Lots of illegals with U.S. born children are on this gravy train. Not to mention drug addicts claiming disabilities to get their drug money. Politicians and lawmakers keep conflating the two so the abuse never gets dealt with.
And the parents get SSI AS WELL...WHATS UP WITH THAT.....DANG IT YOU HAD THE KIDS SUPPORT THEM YOURSELVES NOT US TAXPAYERS .WE PAID FOR OUR KIDS AND PROVIDED INSURANCE FOR THEM ..WE DIDNT BURDEN THE TAXPAYERS WITH OUR CHILDREN LIKE SSI DOES
Some people don’t have the luxury of working for a company that offers a pension . Social security is their only income.
But if you knew that why didn't you work extra jobs to ensure a better ss check.....now many are working part time just to make ends meet..WOULDNT IT BEEN EASIER ON YOU TO WORK THE EXTRA WHILE YOU WERE YOUNGER AND DIDNT HAVE THE HEALTH ISSUES YOU HAVE BEING OLDER ..I guess I don't understand what people were thinking ...
@@marshamckee2479 I wasn’t speaking for me. I was speaking in general . I did work my ass off for many years. Some folks don’t have the expertise or the education to work high paying jobs that offer benefits. Also if you are working extra jobs part time here and there, you get no company benefits.
What the hell is the Republican caucus thinking? Get rid of tax on social security, increase ss pay!
Congress seems deadlocked on it. He's our main support. One of the good guys.
THANK YOU, SUCH NICE LADY REPORTING!❤
When is the speaker of the house going to take on giving people on social security a living wage????
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God bless you!
I don't even make the average way under
I cant live on the 1,400 dollars a month i get .but we can give Ukraines 50 billion dollars like it is nothing .our country needs to give people on social security a living wage...this is outrageous
It should have been a loan and paid back. It’s BS
@@debrawallace5230 you are absolutely right darling
Yes you are correct
@@christinavillarreal4497 thank you darling
Joe Lawson God bless you and your family and friends❤❤❤
"Congress has not done anything to enhance the program in more than 53 years." In 1975, Congress automated the COLA process so that they would not have to actually authorized each and every increase to maintain SS. Before that increases were not timely. Thank-goodness Congress got out of the way!
The listed choices are to cut benefits or increase benefits, what about do nothing? Every action must be paid for and all is good if someone else is paying for my benefit, right?
I think most will agree they are not getting enough to keep up with inflation. Sadly, only Congress can vote itself a raise.
SS benefits are progressive, that is low earners get a 90% replacement rate, whereas earners at the max get a 28% replacement rate. If a person lived in poverty, SS will not magically raise them out of poverty.
Because changes to SS are always last minute, it is not possible to have the folks that will be receiving be the ones that paying. Because we can not burden the current retirees that did not pay enough when they were working, we limit our choices to which current workers to burden by either delaying benefits or raising taxes.
5M get low SS benefits: Spouses who never worked or worked little, get 50% of their partners benefit. And they get 100% when their spouse passes and 100% after a 10 year marriage if their ex-spouse passes. There is a level of personal entitlement when folks want so much more than they paid for.
"40% of 70M on SS, it is their only retirement benefit." SS is not intended to be one's only source of income! Live on less than you make! In the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper", be the ANT! Medical reasons aside, make better financial decisions!
With respect to delaying FRA, if it is a stupid reaction to the current problem, was it a mistake last time in 1983? You say that each year is a 7% cut in benefits. But unlike changes to the tax rate or tax max, if implemented 20 years before it takes effect, persons contribute to their own future, know what is coming, and adapt. It will not be the youth paying to bolster the short comings of the elderly that did not contribute enough.
I believe in MONARCHY always have and always will...
Yep, never hear of these problems over there in the UK.
Ahh yes, draw in more revenue from a destroyed middle class that can barely afford essentials now for a social program that class won't be able to participate in when it's they turn.
This plan is not asking for more revenue from the middle class only those making more than 400,000 thousand so it will be there for you
@@salvatoredelucia2450 what draws more revenue: $5 from 500 people or $500 from 5 people? Both equal $2500, but which is easier to do? Social programs are funded by the middle class and that will never change.
People making $400k-plus per year are *not* "middle class".
This proposal would take money from the wealthy and much of it will go *to* the middle class.
I wish alot of SS recipients could go to congress and nail them on this subject!
How much money of the Social Security general fund is used other than for Social Security disability benefits/retirement benefits?
thank you for helping us out he needs more money every month is so hard for us to pay bills and rent and food is so expensive every thing is going up
Actually, I do get SSI because I do not get enough to live on.I had taken care of my parents when they were unable to care for themselves. I worked 2 jobs and had to quit that is why my SS is low.I need help like millions of others.
I get below $1,000. I have already retired, so those that are still working are actually building up SS, but those that are already retired have not built up anymore money.
Pay the people that put in the fund all these years! If you want to make changes, make it happen to those that have not paid. And also have the rich pay all year through and remove the cap!!
How come not one politician or not one news media will tell you you are not legally entitled to social security benefits! It is a tax, not a benefit
Stop giving are hard earned money that we worked all are life to other countries when we need you guys to help the people of America every body else gets are benefits and we get the crumbs sad to be a American
We need more money. Now if there gonna keep inflateing all the prices of everything. We live on.
Sure, make us pay more, so we can wait longer to get less? Wow, sign me up for that. Dude is talking out of both sides of his mouth.
The real story on FOX?? Don't make me throw up
I totally enjoy your comment. That's Funny. 😅😂🤪😜😛
Just like ABC, CNN, MSNBC, etc. lots of STORY and few FACTS
I hope and pray something passing.595 not doing
The gas wells will depend on no one except a maintenance crew yearly and no taxpayers will have to worry. ROYALTIES WILL PAY SSI
People are hurrying
It's a below poverty program when your only getting 1100 a month for someone didabled to live on and it's only 30% a month of what you need. For someone disabled where is the other 70% of money supposed to come from? LIFT THE CAP ON SOCIAL INSECURITY. REPEAL THE $2000 ASSET LIMIT!
Can somebody actually tell me when they date they're sending out those checks
My mother is 93 years old and still paying in
Why so so much talk 50 years of talking OMG really😢😢😢
THESE AMOUNTS DON T REFLECT ON ALL THE ELDERLY HERE IN MY APT. FOR 55 AND OVER, WE ALL MAKE FROM 900.00-1050.00. A MONTH...NONE OF US MAKE WHAT WAS JUST LISTED . WE ARE ALL WAY BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL AND HAVE TO PAY CASH FOR GROCERIES, RENT, ETC...INFLATION HAS KILLED US..........😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
I BELIEVE THAT THE WEALTHY COULD HELP❤
I do not get enough to pay taxes so that tax is not going to do us any good!
ALSO, MOST OF US HAVE FOUND THAT AMBULANCE TRANSPORT IS "NOT" COVERED UNDER OUR HEALTHCARE, LEAVING US WITH AMBULANCE BILLS, SO I DON T CALL.😢😢😢😢😢❤
raise the amount of income at which it's taxed [or do the wealthier not want their income to go to SS.]
Not everyone obtains income enough to invest, nor is stock investing protective of income.
6:21 he says social security gets taxed.
Expecting us disabled ti exist off $1300 or less per month is inhumane. Remove the wage cap, raise the federal minimum wage, build affordable housing for disabled people, and stop making us live in the streets PLEASE!
What is the negative overall for everyone to continue to contribute to Social Security ?
Quit kicking the can do something
The United States is Rich enough dirt richer in shale oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia help our seniors America we need help!
I know ssi is that Hi either people on security get way more then anyone else does people on ssi don't get what security does or ssdi
What language is this ? What the heck are you talking about?
They are trying to say people on SSI do not get any where near what people on SS GET .which they must not understand SS RECIPENTS HAVE A WORK HISTORY WHERE MOST SSI DO NOT HAVE A WORK HISTORY WHAT SO EVER THATS WHY THEY GET THE 9 HUNDRED SOMTHING AMOUNT
If you make a buck jfs and s.s take it and you loose benefits and then you have to be part B at higher rate back to 174 and not the164 for part B just because of 3.2 raise
Anti poverty? Are you for real?
Why does this govt discriminate against the popr if favor of wealthy? You violate the law.
Yes it sure does need inhanced me and my son gets SSI and we get 943.00 a month we only gett SSI so a little over ten thousand a year
Why are two of you on ssi .. is child disabled
I DO HOPE "IF" WE GET HELP, THE GIVERNMENT HOUSING DOESN'T INCREASE OUR RENT & TAKE AWAY THE LITTLE BIT OF SNAP GIVES TO HELP FEED THE ELDERLY...IF SO, WE WILL NOT BE BETTER OFF....😮😢😢😢😮
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Do anybody want to accept Jesus christ as your savior he want to to you love peace and happiness and joy and salvation and eternal life if u confess your sins
Republicans are the villains here!
Can somebody actually tell me when they date they're sending out those checks
No checks .