C.O.L.A. Cost of living adjustment – what a joke for those on Social Security

The first SS check was issued in Jan 31, 1940 for a total sum of $22.54 and employees & employers each paid 1% of the first $3,000 a person earned. By the time I graduated college (1970) SS taxes were 4.6% of the employee’s first $7,800 and of course the employer had to pay a […]