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    USDA will aid struggling dairy farms





    WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department is helping struggling dairy farmers by raising the price paid for milk and cheddar cheese through a dairy price support program.

    The department estimates the temporary increases, which will be in place until October, will boost dairy farmers' overall revenue by $243 million.

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    Big business small business but never the individual people

    HEADLINES millions face shrinking Social Security payments

    The Social Security Administration is projecting for the next two years,
    no cost of living increases.

    this is the first time this has happened in over a decade, payments will drop due to the rise in the cost for drugs premiums through the Medicare program, so this is how it breaks down.

    32 million people are in the Medicare prescription drug program, premiums are set to go from $28 to $30 next year.

    about 6 million people in the program have premiums deducted from their monthly payments.

    Medicare part B is expected to rise as well, but by law the increase cannot be larger than the increase in Social Security benefits, so if there is no increase, there is a possibility you will have no more deducted from you than what is being deducted now.

    But thanks to George Bush and the Republican Congress and Senate there is no harmless provision for the drug program part D, so the cost will go up.

    It's time to stand and fight, by the way folks, ( Social Security does pay for itself and always has paid for itself ) it's only in trouble because the politicians will not keep their hands out of IT.
    Last edited by saw mill worker; 08-23-2009, 08:28 PM.

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      For the past nine years I have lived in a run-down, mold-and-roach infested public housing project. Since there will be NO cost of living adjustment next year, the local public housing authority had better NOT RAISE our rents or I am GONE!

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