Since the cost of everything that I purchase, including rent, food, clothing, utilities, insurance, gasoline, etc. had risen significantly from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009, it is obvious that the Bureau of Labor Statistics made a serious error in claiming that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had not risen, and as a result, there was no cost of living increase for Social Security recipients, government and railroad retirees, and many others.

The price increases are so obvious that all of us receiving retirement checks are wondering why we are being ripped off. And because it is so obvious, a great many of us wonder if the current administration ordered the bogus CPI to help curb costs, at the expense of the retired sector who receive government retirement checks.

After President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner managed to get the clause into the stimulus bill during the final hours before it was voted on that allowed AIG to pay bonuses to people who allowed their company to need a bailout from the federal government, most of us lost complete faith and trust in the Obama administration and Congress, who tried their best to keep it a secret. But I thank God for the press, who brought their dirty secret to light and let the rest of us know just what kind of people they are. As a result of their actions, most of us find it easy to believe that they would have no scruples in ripping the retired sector off.

You would be doing a great service to the retired sector if you would investigate this matter, but don't expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to very cooperative.

Will Jones