It's official. The Social Security Administration has announced that there will be no increase in 2010 SS checks. The annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is based on inflation and last year the number was negative (deflation). Checks won't go down, but they won't go up either. It is still not clear what will happen if Medicare Part B costs go up. There is a rule that checks cannot go down, so some adjustment may have to be made. Keep your eyes and ears out for more news.
I regularly read reports from Stratfor - an information service that comments on world affairs, terrorism and even personal safety. This report is good reading to help anyone survive a bad situation. I thought it was worth repeating. When Things Go Bad By Scott Stewart Over the past several weeks, we [Stratfor] have discussed a number of different situations that can present a common problem to people caught up in them. First, we discussed how domestic terrorism remains a persistent threat in the United States, and that despite improvements in security measures since 2001, soft targets still remain vulnerable to attack by terrorist actors driven by a variety of motivations. Due to the devolution of the jihadist threat toward the grassroots, there is also a growing trend of jihadist actors using armed assaults instead of bombing attacks. We also discussed the continuing problem of workplace violence , and finally, we discussed last week evacuation plans for expatriates
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