‘I can’t live on $709 a month’: Americans on social security push for its expansion

Calls for reform include increasing benefits in line with cost of living as employers provide fewer retirement pensions

Nancy Reynolds, age 74, of Cape Canaveral, Florida, works as a cashier at Walmart while struggling to make ends meet on her work income and social security benefits of just $709 a month.

I can't live on $709 a month, so I have to work. I have no choice, even though my body says you can't do much more," said Reynolds.