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Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by defrost on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @08:32PM (#37683593)
Some old people are doing great ... meanwhile:

The elderly are becoming homeless at a rate not seen since the Great Depression

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37641471

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Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by peyton on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @08:49PM (#37683738)
Looks like 2020 data? Social security COL increase was 8.7% this year. That’s pretty great compared to engineering salaries in the linked article.
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Re:Inflation Bites U.S. Engineering Salaries by defrost on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:31PM (#37684055)
Great? 2020?

* I'm pretty sure that the bulk of those that became homeless are still homeless and that more ederly are still becoming homeless at high rates.

* How many of those do you think are getting the kind of Social Security that is sufficient to meet needs?

* You'd rather a social security pension with an 8.7% increase over a median engineering salary of US $169,000?

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