Did We Run Out Of Cows??

tomkaren13 wrote:
We can't imagine how we would feed a family. Even coupons are not as good now. We are thankful for pensions and Social Security. But wonder if there will be a cost of living increase this year. Even tho the cost of living has gone up.

I'm retired USAF, and work for the DoD (USAF too) now in civil service. We haven't had a "real" cost of living allowance in 5 years. We've had small percentage raises. I'll always take a raise and not complain, but that small seems hardly worth the work to institute it. It's hard to keep those ends meeting when cost of living goes up 7% and we get 1% raise.

I really feel for the younger generation these days. I guess like us, they'll survive too....