Spencer Soicher joined the ABC 10News team in July 2023 as a multimedia journalist.
LA MESA, Calif. — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits next year, but critics believe it is far from enough to make up for inflation in the current U.S. economy."I'm not going to say it's scary, but it's disappointing," John Crouthamel, a senior living on a substitute teacher salary, and social security says.
Crouthamel is not as worried about himself, but more so about seniors who may be struggling to get by. He thinks of greeters at stores like Walmart, working into old age, just to pay rent. Downey claims a majority of the seniors they see are spending 70 to 80% of their income on their rent alone. He says on a regular basis, his staff talks with seniors who weigh whether or not they can afford to take their medication, cut it in half or just pay their electric bill.
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