Hey jla, Hagel thinks he knows what is best for (us). I would say he is thinking for (just-us) and not the money-grabbers(perk-interest-groups)of the house and senate. I think a much better solution would be to, cut his pay/retirement benefits by 70% as a gesture of good faith. NSNR
That'd be a good start. But he, and his peers, also have to work until they're 68. If they can't keep getting reelected up until then, hand them a mop and let them start at one end of the Capitol and work their way to the other end. Then turn, and repeat.
I just think they ought to have to eat their own dog food and have SSI. It is a horrible hypocracy not to.