Lie Pie Title: Social Security COLA & Congress' Medical Records
Lie Pie Classification: election lie pie, SSI lie pie

Editor's note:  Folks, it looks like the Congress you need to blame for not giving you a Social Security cost of living adjustment this year is the one that was in power back in 1972.  That Congress passed the law that specified how Social Security COLA's would be determined.  Fact is, fluctuating oil prices resulted in your receiving a larger than normal COLA in 2009, none in 2010 and likely none again in 2011.  You can read more on this at Factcheck.org and Snopes.com.

And this business of Congress using your COLA and skimming off $2 extra on your Medicare prescription drug co-pay to pay for their own electronic medical records is B.S.  Factcheck.org puts it to rest here.

There's plenty to be mad about these days, so don't waste your energy being mad about things that aren't even true.  And if you love democracy, you'll cast an educated vote at election time, not an ill-informed reactionary vote.  The country you love deserves nothing less.  --Granny, 3/29/10

WATCH YOUR STEP:  STEAMING VIRAL EMAIL B.S. STARTS HERE

According to the Trustees for the Social Security Administration,

"THERE WILL NOT BE A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. ADDITIONALLY THEY WILL RAISE YOUR CO-PAY FOR YOUR RX MEDICARE BENEFITS"!

They, the Congress ( BOTH "REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS  TOGETHER") say no increase is warranted because of the losses in gross national product and
other cute things..

NOW HERE SPORTS FANS THIS IS THE ONE THAT WILL FLIP YOU OUT!! --
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS FUNDING TWENTY FOUR  MILLION DOLLARS-- LET ME REPEAT THAT AMOUNT... SO YOU UNDERSTAND IT... $24,000,000.00 DOLLARS FOR NEW ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS PROCESSING FOR OUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS!!

THEY ARE OBTAINING THESE FUNDS and I QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY WEBSITE................

"THIS MONEY WILL BE COME FROM THE SAVINGS TO BE GENERATED FROM WITHHOLDING "COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR 2010 & 2011 in SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND A $2..00 INCREASE ON ALL MEDICARE RX BENEFIT CO-PAY"

Please excuse my FRENCH, But do the words "BULL CRAP" ring a bell ?

Please pass this to ALL your friends and have them "PROTEST TO THE IDIOTS WE ELECTED TO CONGRESS" who by the way, have just voted themselves ANOTHER 3% SALARY INCREASE!!!

We must put a stop to this outright thievery!  It is THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS, WE CAN'T FIRE THEM, BUT WE SURE AS
HECK CAN "NOT RE-ELECT THEM", and WE CAN IMPEACH THEM or DEMAND RECALL ELECTIONS!!! HOW ABOUT WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND DUMP THESE CLOWNS.

Just watch. They will spend this money and find the software doesn't work, dump the whole thing and go back to the old steam driven system just like they did with air traffic control several years ago.  Don't worry though,
they've got health care all worked out.

So here is what we CAN do....
All I ask is that you consider the suggestion here.

The entire Congress of the  United States is corrupt. And I mean both Houses and I mean both major parties.

I realize that a few Members of each House are trustworthy, but, as a group they are absolutely the most corrupt bunch to ever disgrace our Nation.

In November of 2010 the entire House of Representatives will stand for re-election; all 435 of them. One third of the Senate, a total of 33 of them, will also stand for re-election.  Vote every incumbent out.

And I mean every one of them.  No matter their Party  affiliation.  Let's start all over in the House of Representatives with 435 people who have absolutely no experience in running that body, with no political favors owed to anyone but their own constituents.  Let's make them understand that they work for us..

They are answerable to us and they simply have to run that body with some common sense.

Two years later, in 2012, vote the next third of the  incumbents in the Senate out.

We can do the same thing in 2014 and, by that time we will have put all new people in that body as well.

We, the People, have got to take this Country back and we HAVE to do it peacefully.

That's what the Framers of our Constitution envisioned.

I am also suggesting term limits on the NEW BUNCH --8 YEARS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND 12 YEARS FOR SENATORS.  NO EXCEPTIONS.  THE LONGER THEY
STAY IN OFFICE THE MORE POWER THEY GET AND THEY LOVE IT AND WILL DO ANYTHING
TO GET RE-ELECTED.

WE HAVE TERM LIMITED THE PRESIDENT -- NOW LET'S TERM LIMIT THE LEGISLATORS.

Please, if you love this Country, send this (as I have done) to absolutely everyone whose email address appears in your address book...

This thing can permeate this Country in no time.  Let's make it happen.