There is a sound that does not exist Philosophers torture themseves (and us) with silly questions such as, “if a tree falls in a remote forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?”…
Tag: COLA
More on the COLA Fraud
The fraud that is denying American’s their legal Social Security payouts continues. As we discussed in previous postings here, a senior’s monthly income is supposed to reflect increases in the cost of living by adding an annual “Cost of Living…
Pointy Headed Ivory Tower Professors Do Exist, e.g. . . .
If you doubt that pointy-headed college professors do exist, shielded by ivy covered tenure and coddled in academic robes of illusion, stop and consider the natterings of one Richard E. Thaler whom the New York Times says is, “. .…
The Social Security COLA Fraud Exposed (and so what)
Last week I came across an interesting article that explains why, despite what the cash register at the local supermarket tells me, my Social Security check has not had a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) since 2009 and probably will…
Social (In)Security
Those of us on Social Security are aware of a little thing called “COLA” (cost of living adjustment.) It’s based on a very simple fact of economics. The value of money is not constant. Prices go up and down in…