And yet Social Security recipients have their benefits reduced due to inflation, unnecessary rules to decrease benefits if a person chooses to work, taxation, yearly Medicare increases etc. The COLA never provides a significant increase, because the cost of Medicare eats up the COLA. This year with the ridiculous SS rules my husband and I are getting LESS than last year. Yet illegal aliens get debit cards for food, free medical care, free housing, free cell phones etc. 😡