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Our country needs to do something about the skyrocketing costs for Medicare for seniors. We are getting an 11% increase in our premiums yet a 2.8% COLA. This doesn’t come close to covering costs for most seniors. Please help us here @realDonaldTrump cc: @Scavino47 @StephenM pic.twitter.com/8n7os47Wcz — Farm Girl Carrie 👩🌾 (@FarmGirlCarrie) October 25, 2025 …
US Taxpayers subsidize Coca Cola $10 BILLION dollars every year Congress has been cleverly hiding the funding in the annual “Farm bill” “Congress subsidizes Coca Cola to the tune of about $10,000,000,000 of taxpayer money every single year — We have this scam, otherwise known as the farm bill, which really should be known as …
Congratulations to my fellow Coca Cola owners on your raise. Cool 5.2% increase. Goes from $0.485 per share/per quarter to $0.51 per share/per quarter. This makes 63 consecutive years of KO paying a growing dividend. Consumer Staples have been struggling as of late. The latest KO earnings call combined with this dividend increase demonstrates Coca Cola’s …
Each year, Social Security benefits get a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to help retired workers and other recipients keep up with rising prices. The Social Security Administration will announce the official 2025 COLA on Thursday, Oct. 10, shortly after the Labor Department publishes September inflation data. Unfortunately, all evidence suggests the 2025 COLA will be a …
In May, 51 million retired-worker beneficiaries took home an average Social Security check totaling $1,916.63, which works out to $23,000 on an annualized basis. While this might not sound like a game-changing amount of money, the average retiree would struggle mightily without their guaranteed monthly benefit. Over the last 23 years, national pollster Gallup has …