Her only other income is about $600 a month in Social Security payments.

"If you put it on the books, you're looking at about a 25 percent increase to cover taxes and Social Security payments."

Each woman receives about $440 a month in Social Security payments.

Social Security payments for this year are being calculated on a 2.9 percent increase in the cost of living.

It will raise total Social Security payments by $8.7 billion in 1989.

Future Social Security payments would be cut by the amount of the contributions.

"If you were a year behind on Social Security payments, there'd be blood in the streets."

Social Security payments are reduced $1 for every $2 earned above certain limits.

Finally, he would put off increases in Social Security payments for a year.

The average Social Security payment is $490 a month or $5,880 a year.