mo alliance demonstration on vet day in saint louis

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St. Louis Residents to Honor Veterans, Oppose Chained CPI 
 
Monday, November 11th at 9:00 am at the Soldiers’ Memorial in St. Louis, veterans and area residents will join together to honor veterans and draw attention to a new report detailing how the chained CPI would harm Missouri veterans and Social Security beneficiaries. Participants will encourage the Missouri Congressional Delegation to oppose the chained CPI and other benefit cuts in an upcoming budget deal.
 

The stingier cost of living adjustment (COLA) formula, known as the chained CPI, would significantly cut the benefits of all current and future Social Security beneficiaries, four in ten of whom are retired and disabled veterans. Veterans would be hurt most of all, given that other benefits veterans receive – in addition to their Social Security benefits – would also be cut by the chained CPI.

 
“This is serious business. If the proposed chained CPI pass in a budget deal, it will be a broken promise from many politicians in D.C. that they would not cut benefits for current Social Security beneficiaries. The chained CPI is an insidious and compounding cut to Veterans and Social Security benefits that impacts all current and future beneficiaries,” said Dave Meinell, President of the Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans. Veterans will speak about what proposed cuts mean to them.
 

WHEN: Veterans Day – Monday, November 11th at 9:00 am
WHERE: Soldiers' Memorial, 1315 Chestnut St, St Louis, MO 63103
WHO: The Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans, Social Security Works, the Missouri AFL-CIO, the AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council, other groups, area residents and veterans