Trump administration promises social security recipients 3.6%…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSocial Security recipients will see a three point six percent cost-of-living increase in twenty twenty-seven, which works out to an average of seventy-five dollars more a month.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNearly seventy-two million beneficiaries get the higher payments starting in January, and one advocate told The Guardian that seniors have spent years watching their expenses outrun their benefits.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSeventy-five dollars is a real grocery run, and I'm giving this story a cost-of-living adjustment of plus four percent for morale.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPlus four. On whose math?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe raise arrives in January, Vera, and the eggs have been raising themselves since spring.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorComing up, a first press briefing receives poor reviews. How bad?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSeventy-five dollars buys one avocado and a lecture about avocados.