'Many report they are only eating one meal a day,' The Senior Citizens League told lawmakers in a letter seen by Newsweek.
A senior citizen advocacy group has asked congressional lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide a one-time stimulus check of $1,400 to Social Security recipients in the U.S. That campaign comes as a petition calling on monthly cash payments of $2,000 for the wider population nears 3 million signatures.
to deliver a round of $1,400"emergency stimulus checks" to assist an estimated 69 million Social Security beneficiaries—including retirees, disabled adults and their dependents, widows and widowers—in coping with the"unprecedented inflation year."on Wednesday, the group urged legislators to provide an extra $1,400 in non-taxable income to Social Security recipients.
"We believe that a special stimulus for Social Security recipients could help defray the higher costs some would face if next year's [Cost of Living Adjustment] bumps them into a higher tax bracket, causing higher tax rates on their income and surcharges to their Medicare Part B premiums," Mary Johnson, a policy analyst at TSCL, toldThe Capitol dome is seen early Wednesday morning before Amb.
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