2011 Poverty Guidelines

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

They increase?? How can that be with this economic situation going on?

They increase every year. Do not make the mistake of assuming that poverty guidelibes have anything but a passing connection to visas. Their primary role in life is to be sure poverty never ends. They will always be increased so that there will always be poverty and always be a need to confiscate your money to "fight it"

Those guidelines are used to determine benefits levels for people and more are happy that it is increased than not.

[WARREN-IRINA 1]

I quote the following from SSA.

"Your Social Security benefits are protected againts infltion. By law, they increase when there is a rise in the cost of living. The government measures changes in the cost of living through the Depatment of Labor's Consumee Price Index (CPI) The CPI has not risen since the last cost of living adjustment was determinded in 2008. As a results,your benefits will not increse in 2011."

The CPI is used in figuring the Poverty Guidelines so don't expect to see an increse by much. If they do raise the PG and not the SS benefits and you are 6 months past NOA1 forget calling your Senator as the lines will be full of calls from SS recipants wopndering where their checks did not go up.

[JGP 1]

The NEW 2011 HHS poverty guidelines that are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on January 20, 2011: http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/11poverty.shtml