Senator Bernie Sanders: Benefit Increase Too Small for Americans Relying on Social Security

WASHINGTON -(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2016.  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after the Social Security Administration announced a 0.3 percent increase, between $2 and $6, for Americans who receive Social Security benefits:

“Seniors and disabled veterans need more help than a few extra dollars in their monthly checks. These are the people who built this country – our parents, our grandparents and our soldiers. At a time when senior poverty is going up and…