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1. Without a C.O.L.A., retirees will be collecting welfare. My father retured in 1972.

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 08:31 AM

Feb 2019

His pension was $12k. If there were no C.O.L.A., he would be below the poverty line today. (Different state, so he got the adjustments.

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