Letter: Social Security increase pitiful
This photo shows the Social Security Administration's main campus in Woodlawn, Md. Credit: AP
With regard to the 1.7 percent increase in Social Security benefits in January, why bother ["Benefit hikes to stay low," News, Oct. 19]? The increase will be eaten up, for some at least, by higher monthly Medicare premiums.
It's beyond my understanding how we can send billions of dollars to foreign countries, but we can't take of our elderly.
Suzanne Campbell, Levittown
