Senior Citizens Not Aided by Congress

Dear Editor:

I would like to address all of the United States congressmen and representatives that will be seeking re-election in November.

You have done nothing to aid senior citizens with the financial crisis we are going through. The economy is hurting seniors just as much as it is hurting everyone else.

The $250 stimulus that President Barack Obama wanted to give the seniors is like giving a broken half a cookie to a starving child.

Seniors are loyal and faithful voters. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Independent candidate, seniors vote and seniors have families that also vote. What it comes down to is this: no C.O.L.A., no votes for you in 2010.

Back in 2008 a can of soup cost 50 cents, today that same can of soup costs 85 cents and you are still doing nothing for seniors.

Look what happened in Massachusetts.

The members of the U.S. Congress had better take their foot off the brake and put it on the gas and help the seniors because seniors are an asset and not a burden.

Richard Schafer

Mexico Beach