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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (41793)7/15/1999 8:53:00 PM
From: Les H  Respond to of 94695
 
Both figures are higher than the CPI.
They use different COLAs for government benefits as opposed to their own salaries and for taxation. The COLAs for their own salaries and for indexation of social security taxes are higher. The indexation for benefits are lower.