To the editor:
The reason for this letter is to ask you to make the public aware of what is taking place to the elderly who depend on Social Security.
We were educators when there were no unions or pension plans.
We were ordinary people that worked in hospitals and nursing homes. We were medical secretaries, nurse aides, social workers, cooks and dishwashers.
When mental hospitals closed, group homes were built to teach adults with disabilities basic living skills.
A lot of people worked in the fast food industry and in sit-down restaurants. They were cooks, bus boys, dishwashers and waiters.Â
We mourned the death of spouses and loved ones. We lived through the flood and lost everything we owned.
When we worked, we paid our taxes. We did not know that when we started getting Social Security benefits we had to pay medicare again.
Here is what is happening:
2015: Social Security benefits up 1.7 percent.
2016: No increases
2017: Social Security remained the same while Medicare took .3 percent.
2018: No change in Social Security while Medicare took 2.04 percent.
2019: Rumor says that there may be an increase, but expect Medicare to take all of it.
Four years with no increase in Social Security.
America, remember to take care of those who cared for you.
Julia Rynerson
Franklin
