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Social Security COLA

It is disheartening that there will not be a cost-of-living increase for millions of Social Security recipients, the main reason being lower gas prices. Gas prices in South Florida have increased 20 cents a gallon in just the past 10 days. What about the increased cost of bread, milk and medicine?

I assume that elected representatives in the House and Senate and their employees will also forgo a cost-of-living adjustment in 2016. We’ll see.

Bob Garrity, Miami

This story was originally published October 20, 2015 at 8:14 PM with the headline "Social Security COLA."

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