'I feel cheated': California seniors disappointed
they're left out of state's inflation
relief package
Posted By: NorthernDog, 7/3/2022 10:46:37 AM
MANTECA, Calif. — Karen Boyles lives back in her childhood home in Manteca, California. She lives a simple life. "I'm 78 years young," she said, smiling. (Snip) Boyles is one of the thousands of California seniors depending solely on social security. "Although we do pay into taxes every year, we buy houses, we buy cars, washing machines, groceries," she said. "We are paying taxes and we have paid our taxes in the past." She is in the group excluded from the state's new inflation relief program. "I feel very cheated and let down," she said. Boyle said it's no relief for
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Those who need inflation relief the most are excluded. If only she were an illegal immigrant she would be drowning in state aid.