INSECURITY? January’s 5.4% increase in Social Security...

INSECURITY? January’s 5.4% increase in Social Security checks (A4)--the biggest jump in 8 1/2 years--should help Orange County’s senior population, says Newport Beach’s James Roosevelt, unless “we have a wave of inflation” that wipes it out. . . . Roosevelt, founder of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, says he is more concerned about congressional proposals to cut Medicare than about inflation.

Senior Citizens Portion of the population 65 and older, 1990 estimate. Orange County: 9.7% California: 11.3% U.S.: 12.7% Source: Cenus Bureau, National Planning Data Corp.