Show Moss Mos Seeks Se ks Changes I II In Security Benefits i Four amendments to the I Social Security Act passed rei re- re I i ready by the House of ot I w we were e r Introduced reintroduced e 5 t Monday In the U. U S S. S Senate by byi byl i l Sen Frank E E. E Moss D SEN MOSS proposed the I am amendments Including increase In Increase in- in 1 crease In benefits and ways of paying paling the additional costs In inI in- in I Sen Moss said that his r first amendment provides a 15 I t f I Per cent the board In Increase increase increase in- in i crease in benefits with a 60 almu m monthly pay payment men t. t Is compared to the House recommendation of ot an increase i 1 of 12 2 1 per cent and a 50 I mInimum I IThe IThe The Utah Democrat also I pro pro- V 4 posed sed Monday that there be a aa I a three step three three-s t ep increase in the thes thet I s t amount of annual ear earnings n i n g s I counted for contribution and andI andt I t benefit benent purposes His amendment amenda amend amend- a rent anent provides an Increase ol oi 3 in 1968 In 1971 R uj tai in 1974 rather than a single Increase to c recommended by the House I ANOTHER OTHER amendment pro pro- r Tides ides that a beneficiary would be able to earn up to 1800 an annually i and still receive full benefits rather than the 1680 limitation imposed by the House In a Senate speech Sen Moss said that Social Security bene- bene tits fits are not adequate they ha have ve not kept up wi with th the in increase increase increase in- in crease In prices that have oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc in the past 12 years For example the seven per percent percent percent cent increase in In 1965 fell slightly short of restoring the 1958 purchasing power of the benefits This means that those who are getting benefits have not shared in the rising level of ot living while the rest of us have but those on Social Security as the their 1 r primary source of income have even seen the value of their benefits decline We encourage our elderly to be sufficient self-sufficient and then we limit the amount that they can earn to contribute to pItifullY pitifully pitifully piti pIti- fully small retirement benefits and we do this at a time when the cost of living increases almost each month month- Sen Moss said |