Congress & the President must act now to avoid a senior crisis! Even if they read this book cover to cover, unfortunately, somebody will still say that the US cannot afford to pay for seniors to be OK! I say that we cannot afford not to do what is right, This is America. If somebody says we cannot afford to assure that seniors can lead lives in which the poorhouse is not a constant threat, please tell them to read Chapter 11 from start to finish and use their imagination. We Americans can most certainly afford making seniors whole again and we must. The dirtiest politicians in America colluded so they would not have to take the real cost of a senior living in the reality of America into consideration for the last thirty years or so. Nobody in America wants this perpetration to stand, especially seniors who just lost their homes and who are scraping to find a good meal. The most beleaguered citizens in the United States are our senior citizens. Seniors are victims of government. It should not be so; but it is easy to explain. There is not one senior citizen member of Congress, who actually depends on Social Security to make ends meet. How is it then that they get to cast their magic wands annually to determine the cost of living increase due seniors. Congressional inflation estimates unfortunately are nothing close to the reality of the real price increases seniors actually pay every-day at supermarkets and clothing stores in America? The law on SSR has been distorted and seniors need and deserve a massive adjustment. It is up to seniors to make sure Congress knows that it has not delivered. Perhaps when seniors are responsible for sending members home for good after the next election, the Congress will understand. If President Obama had another heart, some say it would be lonesome. For eight years, seniors served as the former President's personal punching bag as he stubbornly refused to give seniors a break. Obama even tried to reduce senior benefits with his chained CPI proposal. Then, he took more than $700 Billion from Medicare to fund his signature legislation known as Obamacare. Democrats, the ones who claim Republicans have no hearts are all Tin Men on the SSR issue and their main man for eight years, Barack H. Obama had no regard at all for Seniors. He claimed otherwise but worked to reduce SSR benefits for the duration of his eight years in office. Wimpy Republicans without the courage of Donald Trump, permitted the former President to decrease the livelihood of seniors and chose not to fire back at the former president with the gumption they now show when opposing Trump. They chose to do nothing to help seniors. Mike Huckabee was the first Republican to complain when he publicly accused "illegals, prostitutes, pimps, (and) drug dealers" of freeloading off the Social Security system during the first GOP primary debate way back on August. 6, 2015. This freeloading must be paid back to seniors. Despite President Trump's problems with Republican, RINOs, seniors pray he still has the energy to help.
About the Author: Brian W. Kelly is a retired Assistant Professor in the Business Information Technology (BIT) program at Marywood University, where he also served as the IBM i and midrange systems technical advisor to the IT faculty. Kelly developed and taught many college and professional courses in the IT and business areas. He is also a contributing technical editor to IT Jungle's "The Four Hundred" and "Four Hundred Guru" Newsletters. A former IBM Senior Systems Engineer, Brian has an active consultancy in the information technology field, (www.kellyconsulting.com). He is the author of dozens of books and numerous articles about current IT topics. Kelly is a frequent speaker at national conferences, user group meetings across the United States. This is Brian's third book about the injustice and dishonesty brought forth upon seniors by an unscrupulous and corrupt Congress. Brian would like to see the look on readers' faces after you read this book and you find out how much money would be in your monthly check if Congress had been honest for the last thirty years. Kelly is convinced seniors can get a lot of that money back in monthly benefits-if we all insist. This is Brian Kelly's 133rd book in various topical areas.