The Nation - News from Sept. 11, 1986
Columnist Abigail Van Buren had some advice for Congress: change the Social Security formula that has resulted in lower benefits for people born between 1917 and 1921. The author of the “Dear Abby” syndicated advice column joined about 1,500 retirees in a rally at the Capitol. Van Buren was born on July 4, 1918. The disparity is caused by several factors arising from a cut in the basic retirement benefit and other changes in the Social Security formula in 1977. House legislation to change the system at a cost of more than $80 billion over five years has not moved out of a subcommittee.
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