Collins Report

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

This is another important story being smothered by the Democrat controlled media.

The Obama administration has quietly announced there will be no raise in social security payments next year and maybe not until 2012, a presidential election year.

Citing a 2008 third quarter cost of living decline, Congress has voted no cost of living increase in next year’s Social Security checks for the first time since 1973.

The Democrats are pointing to their own prediction of a “… [steady] decline in consumer prices through the first three quarters of this year…” Based on this they claim to foresee no need for raises until possibly 1212.

Democrats ignore Consumer Price Index: hide behind flat Inflation

Obama’s base will suffer the most. While 80% of our big cities voted for Obama it’s apparent the elderly, both White and minority, will be asked to “balance the budget” by themselves. There might not be any inflation but the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has risen steadily since January, and people are living by the CPI not the rate of inflation.

Numbers show ignoring the CPI will crush elderly and minorities

Using Gastonia North Carolina as a baseline for CPI, here are some comparisons with other centers where the population is White Black Hispanic elderly and overwhelmingly Obama supporters.

In each of these Urban centers Obama got more than 80% of the vote but:

Those living in New York City need 55% more to live than those in Gastonia.

In Detroit they need 12% more; in Cleveland they need 10% more; Bostonians 25% more

Chicagoans 10.7% more and Oakland Californians need 43% more than those in Gastonia

The poor in these cities receive standard payments the same as everywhere else. The combination of no raise and a rising CPI will actually kill some of them.

This seems to be exactly what Obama’s plan for making his plans appear to work.

On top of these problems those who are newly signed up for Social Security during the next two years will pay more for Part B Medicare and everyone receiving Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits will pay more.

Let’s face it, if George Bush did this it would be front page news from now until Election Day 1212.

Some get it some don’t

The White elderly seem to be turning on Obama, but Black and Hispanic seniors will never follow them. They will continue to be dragged through the mud for the rest of time because they will never have the courage or good sense to let go of the Democrat level on Election Day.

We have to get the word to all seniors whether they rely upon Social Security to survive or not. We have to tell them they have been fooled. Get the facts. Speak the truth and change some senior minds. America is depending on all of us.

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By Kevin “Coach” Collins

While we’re running out of money dead people are getting checks.

Imagine the shock a Maryland man got on receiving an Obama recession stimulus check for his mother who died in 1967!

The Social Security’s explanation would be funny if it didn’t involve real money.

With a straight face a Social Security representative offered a “good explanation” for this embarrassing gaffe pointing out that about 52 million checks were sent out and about “10,000 went to dead people.”

He actually blamed the mistake on “the strict mid-June deadline which didn’t provide enough time to clean up” all the records.

Forty two years is not enough to “clean up” their records? Remember this is the same government that wants to run every aspect of our lives.

This “little mistake” was worth 2.5 million dollars at a time when our tax cheat Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has just announced Social Security and Medicare are rapidly dying.

His grim announcement told us both the Social Security and Medicare systems will start spending more money than they take in around 7 years from now and be dead broke by 2037.

What’s Obama doing about this coming crisis?

Aside from being glad he’ll be long gone when this fiscal tidal wave hits, and trying to put illegal aliens into both systems, Obama is offering a fairy tale to head it off.

Monday Obama told us, he “THE ANOINTED ONE” would trim $2 trillion from America’s health care costs in the next decade. Immediately thereafter an MIT based analyst said Obama can’t deliver anything near this number he apparently picked out of his… eh back pocket.

The only way to stop this crap is to elect a GOP Congress next year. Wade into the fight. The future of America depends on what we do this cycle.

The signs are everywhere. We can win back at least an influential position in the House. We need to regain about 12 to 15 seats to sufficiently cut the Democrats lead to make our voice heard. If you love our country plan on giving up a large part of your time and some of your money working to win America’s soul back starting next fall.

As we get closer this column will spotlight races that show the most promise for victory. Those who have never gotten involved in elective politics before have do so now. Being a true American patriot means getting informed then getting involved.

More to come….

Comments on this or any other Collins Report essay can be sent to kcoachc “at” gmail.com