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While Democrats have ever raised the specter of Republicans cutting Social Security and Medicare, it is in fact the Democrats who have stopped cost-of-living adjustments for seniors on Social Security during three of President Barack Obama&#8217;s years in office.Your COLAs have gone to pay for deficits in Social Security disability (which is very badly abused because of negligence). Also, the funds have kept Medicare premiums from going up, the direct consequence of Obama and the Democrats stealing $100 billion over a 10-year period from the Medicare Trust Fund to pay for the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). This is a great example of robbing Peter to pay Paul.The whole COLA thing is a fiasco, changed arbitrarily to fit the argument not to give retirees an increase. At first, fuel and food were not part of the core index group of what could be considered to be inflationary because they were too volatile and, in the case of food, items could be substituted for. Now, suddenly that gasoline and food are supposedly lower priced, they include them to stop a COLA. How convenient!Take the blinders off, particularly Democrats, and see who the enemy is who&#8217;s stealing your benefits.James U. SinclairWright Township

Letter to the Editor: Democrats responsible for Social Security COLA freeze, writer says