The article in the Oct. 16 newspaper, “No Social Security benefit hike in 2016,” said there will be no benefit increase next year for millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees.

Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said, “The big story has been the plunging gas prices. There’s not a lot of inflation anywhere.”

I’d like to know where Baker buys his groceries, medicines and such, I want to shop there. I wonder what his yearly salary is?

Don Belanger

Waterville