said by 88615298:said by goober22:well, not for the past 2 years but you got a small one this month, like my mom on SS.
Can you believe they say the cost-of-living has not gone up?! Then again, the gov't doesn't include energy or food prices in the calculations - you know - the things you need to LIVE on?!!!!!!
because energy and food prices can fluctuate wildly. You should know this.
Yes I DO know this. The gov't needs to know this too! If these things that "cost to live" go up, then the cost to live goes up - therefore the COL needs to reflect that.
It is idiotic that these are excluded. If they go up, COL goes up - if they go down, COL goes down. Simple, except for the gov't.
BTW, I would not say they are fluctuating wildly.. they have steadily climbed rapidly for the past 3-4 years.