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Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones

I would like to respond to Jo Jones's last two letters to the editor. In the one two weeks ago, she blamed President Obama for not getting a cost-of-living raise in her monthly Social Security retirement check. She said the loss of this raise was because of the federal government's deficit. I would advise her to re-read the letter she received last November or December from the Social Security Administration. It mostly likely contained the following statement, "By law, Social Security benefits increase automatically each year to keep pace with inflation. When there is a period of no inflation,...

 

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