Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment

[Redpossum]

Any thoughts on what kind of a COLA we may get on Social Security this year?

 

[steveinbsas]

2.5%

How Much Is The 2025 Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA)? What It Is, & Why It Matters — The Blind Luck Project

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits is a critical factor that affects millions of Americans, particularly retirees actively collecting benifits and those on fixed incomes programs such as SSI and SSDI. As we approach 2025, understanding how COLA is calculated, its impli

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[Redpossum]

well, that's a shitty excuse for a COLA ;/

 

[A Antares]

Any thoughts on what kind of a COLA we may get on Social Security this year?

It's mere crumbs. It's 2.5% for 2025, because, simply put, the Biden regime deceitfuly masked the real inflation numbers in order to try and abet their electoral chances via lying about inflation. They did so by using the CPI-W, which doesn't include food and fuel costs, to determine inflation. Were they honest, they'd use the PCE.

Les Misérables in BA blaming Milei for everything should focus their anger on Biden / Harris who screwed over tens of millons of lower income seniors and the disabled who subsist on Social Security.

If the government used the same methodology to determine inflation today as they did in 1980, inflation would be pegged somewhere around 13%-15%. Fortunately, American consumers who live and understand this reality yesterday fired Harris and hired Trump.