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A |     上午10点半，柏油路面泛着热浪，山东滨州市市场监管局干部张雪松穿着外卖骑手工作服，穿梭在大街小巷。    WASHINGTON -- Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year's historic boost and reflecting moderating consumer prices.The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, means the average recipient will receive more than $50 more every month beginning in January, the Social Security Administration said Thursday. The AARP estimated that increase at $59 per month. “This will help millions of people keep up with expenses,” said Kilolo Kijakazi, Social Security’s acting commissioner.About 71 million people — including retirees, disabled people and children — receive Social Security benefits. Thursday's announcement follows this year’s 8.7% benefit increase, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation, which pushed up the price of consumer goods. With inflation easing, the next annual increase is markedly smaller.“Compared to last year's 8.7% increase, this is going to feel small and the perception is that its not keeping up with the inflation and the higher costs that retirees are still seeing,” said Martha Shedden, president of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts.On top of that, an anticipated increase in Medicare premiums for 2024 will eat into the Social Security cost-of-living bump.Medicare hasn’t announced the increase for traditional Medicare, but said the cost of Medicare Advantage plans is expected to remain stable.Still, senior advocates applauded the annual Social Security adjustment.“Retirees can rest a little easier at night knowing they will soon receive an increase in their Social Security checks to help them keep up with rising prices,” AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins said. “We know older Americans are still feeling the sting when they buy groceries and gas, making every dollar important." Social Security is financed by payroll taxes collected from workers and their employers. The maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes will be $168,600 for 2024, up from $160,200 for 2023. Retirees whose sole income comes from Social Security are not subject to taxes on that income.Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, an advocacy group for the social insurance program, said that the COLA is a “reminder of Social Security’s unique importance" and that “Congress should pass legislation to protect and expand benefits.”However, the program faces a severe financial shortfall in the coming years.The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released in March said the program’s trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2033. If the trust fund is depleted, the government will be able to pay only 77% of scheduled benefits, the report said.There have been legislative proposals to shore up Social Security, but they have not made it past committee hearings.A March poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most U.S. adults are opposed to proposals that would cut into Medicare or Social Security benefits, and 79% of people polled said they oppose reducing the size of Social Security benefits.The Social Security Administration is still without a permanent leader. President Joe Biden in July nominated former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to lead the agency.The COLA is calculated according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, or CPI. But there are calls for the agency to instead use a different index, the CPI-E, which measures price changes based on the spending patterns of the elderly, like health care, food and medicine costs.Any change to the calculation would require congressional approval. But with decades of inaction on Social Security and with the House at a standstill after the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., seniors and their advocates say they don’t have confidence any sort of change will be approved soon. The cost of living adjustments will have a big impact on people like Alfred Mason, an 83-year-old Louisiana resident. Mason said that “any increase is welcomed, because it sustains us for what we are going through.”As inflation is still high, he said, anything added to his income “would be greatly appreciated.”。今年7月，滨州市市场监管局选派10名年轻干部，在美团、京东秒送、淘宝闪购等平台当两周配送骑手。“坐在办公室看报表、查投诉，总有看不到的角落。

B | 干部当骑手，能直接观察店面，把问题‘捞’上来。”滨州市市场监管局局长王兵说。（据《人民日报》8月18日报道）14天、145个问题，客串骑手的体验不仅让干部们汗流浃背，更让他们“捞”出了“幽灵外卖”、小区找楼难、换电站缺电池等实际问题，为做好市场监管提供了参考依据。做好调查研究，是提升监管质效的“先手棋”，更是破解治理难题的“金钥匙”。长期以来，一些地方的调研工作陷入了“看报表、听汇报”的窠臼。

C | 看似忙碌，实则空转，既摸不到实情，更解决不了真问题，最终只能沦为走过场。身子沉下去，才能把问题“捞”上来。很多时候，基层治理的诸多难题，不在于政策体系不够完善，而在于干群之间的信息壁垒难以打破。“最好的调研就是穿上对方的鞋，走一段他走的路。”当地干部的这句话，道出了体验式调研的核心要义——不是带着问卷去“问”，而是成为其中一员去感受。当干部变成普通骑手，为找一栋没有楼号的居民楼急得满头大汗、为高峰期换电站无电池可换而焦躁不安，那些写在台账上的“问题清单”便不再是冰冷的文字，而是切身的痛感。这样的调研，才能告别“隔着玻璃看”的虚浮，拥有“踩着泥土干”的踏实。这种体验式调研的深层价值，在于为年轻干部建立起换位思考的治理思维。

D | 两周的风吹日晒，手臂上晒出清晰分界线，手掌上磨出薄茧，这些真实的体验，会成为长久的提醒：所有制度设计和执法行动，最终指向的都是一个个具体的人。唯有将双脚真正踩进泥土里，才能让治理举措更有温度、更具实效。这种从群众中来、到群众中去的调研方法，也为更多基层职能部门优化作风、提升治理能力提供了可复制的路径。体验是好的起点，但并非终点。滨州的可贵之处，不仅在于145个问题全部建立台账、明确整改责任和办理时限，更在于把“新录用公务员到新业态一线体验至少7天”列为转正定级的重要参考，并建立“随手拍、随时报”线索直报机制，让体验式调研从一时的“身体共情”变为长久的制度赋能。知屋漏者在宇下，知政失者在草野。基层治理没有捷径，唯有以脚步丈量民情、用真心换取信任。将沉下去的作风与“捞”问题的本领统一起来，让每一次“身体力行”都转化为治理增效的动能，才能书写更有温度、更见实效的民生答卷。（贾梦宇）。