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.
