Therefore, the prospect of guaranteeing smaller Social Security cost-of-living raises for millions of senior citizens makes them unwilling to make any kind of move without sufficient political cover.
They may need that deaf ear for their own constituents in the coming days as senior citizens and their advocates lament the second consecutive annual denial of a social security cost-of-living increase.
The chained CPI, which takes into account adjustments consumers make to blunt the impact of price increases (say, for example, buying more chicken and less beef) , has averaged about 0.3% less a year than the CPI now used for Social Security cost of living adjustments and tax changes.
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The Spanish taxpayer picked up a tab for security that cost, it is said, euro120, 000.
To gain some perspective, the CBO projects social security to cost one trillion in 2018.
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Previous approaches only would have created a false sense of security and cost U.S. taxpayers a fortune.
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Deep, indiscriminate cuts to things like education and training, energy and national security will cost us jobs, and it will slow down our recovery.
Security issues cost the government, consumers and retailers billions of dollars.
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That money helps fund the Federal Aviation Administration, plus the Sept. 11 security fees that cover much of the cost of Transportation Security Administration screening, and facility charges that most airports add to tickets.
Again the reliability, security and low cost of Linux is proving popular when technology budgets are being squeezed.
Anti-illegal immigration crusaders claim their worries are entirely practical -- tied to border security or the cost of entitlements or the fact that illegal immigrants supposedly depress wages for the low skilled.
Social Security is in the best shape of any of these, because basically the cost of Social Security will just go up with ordinary inflation, whereas health care costs are going up much faster than inflation.
The trend is driven by the fact that many SMBs and enterprises do not have core competencies in security and may be able to achieve more cost-effective and robust security through third-party support.
And one big area of concern has been the cost and security of our energy.
Many CIOs end up sticking with private clouds due to perceived concerns about cost, security, and reliability.
The accounts do not show the cost of security for the Royal Family.
They're rewriting their own job descriptions, and they're doing so by fundamentally re-evaluating three critical issues: cost, security and control.
Zippers offer security, at the cost of added effort to open and close them (not to mention the risk of snagged scarves).
Today's IT leaders are rethinking issues of cost, security and control, and rewriting the IT job description by outsourcing contextual processes to reliable cloud vendors.
It is not hard to see that food-related security problems overseas could cost us far more than the extra pennies we'll pay at the grocery store.
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Cloud is also driving evolutionary change in its components, like server microvisors for stronger security, low cost Flash storage for large data sets and energy-saving chips.
The plan was dropped after complaints about cost and security.
The TSA administrator is required to approve airport applications for the program if security is uncompromised, cost efficiency is maintained and the screening of passengers and property is not negatively impacted.
Senior advocates, such as the AARP, have been lobbying for the payments, in part because Social Security recipients received no cost of living increase this year, for the second year in a row.
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Each year when the Social Security Administration announces the Cost Of Living Adjustment to benefits for the coming year, with similar ballyhoo they announce the maximum benefit amount available for the coming year.
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This budget proposal aims to control Social Security expenditures by calculating cost of living adjustments (COLA) in a way that proponents argue is a more accurate reflection of how prices for consumer goods fluctuate.
Bush's opposition deprives the commission of one source of revenue to shore up the program's finances so that Social Security can cover the cost of allowing younger workers to invest a small portion of their payroll taxes in private investment accounts.
But the Obama administration said the fee captures only 36 percent of the cost of providing aviation security, and said the increased fee will result in passengers paying "a majority" of the estimated cost of passenger and baggage screening.
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