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irisblue

(35,716 posts) Fri Sep 17, 2021, 08:11 PM Sep 2021

Hey if your are on SSI, Sen Brown of Ohio wants to hear from you

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Hey if your are on SSI, Sen Brown of Ohio wants to hear from you (Original Post) irisblue Sep 2021 OP

this tweet speaks directly to our issue irisblue Sep 2021 #1

It is essentially an issue of Social Security minimum bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #2

irisblue

(35,716 posts)

1. this tweet speaks directly to our issue

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 08:55 PM

Sep 2021

Link to tweet

I have always found his staffers are always good in taking messages.
Let him know, even if you are not an Ohio resident

bucolic_frolic

(52,013 posts)

2. It is essentially an issue of Social Security minimum

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:05 PM

Sep 2021

at least for those who are retired. If they raised the minimum to 100% of Federal poverty level, as has been suggested as a new policy, it would dwarf SSI. Not sure the effect on SSI for younger people.

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