Maybe Krispy should offer up his government pension in solidarity.
Continuing to raise the retirement age is an excellent idea - I would not have expected it from Christie. I still will not vote for him or for anyone who does not support (1) protecting our borders, (2) protecting our God-given right to keep and bear arms, and (3) repealing Obamacare. Still, it's nice to hear a leading RINO endorse the only responsible option. I'd add three years instead of two to the retirement ages, two months of age for each year that passes (so it would take eighteen years to add the full three years), since the program is not sustainable otherwise.
I would support pretty much everything in Christie’s Social Security plan and I’m of an age and in an income bracket where it would hit me fairly hard. I’d also support a fairly radical overhaul of Medicare. The money I’ve been paying in Social Security over the past 30 years is gone. Its not in some account. No one can give it back to me. the people who spent it — our parents, grandparents and great grand parents’ generations — are dead. Combine this with fairly large cuts in Welfare and other social welfare programs and we may actually put the country back on solid fiscal footing.
There is a generation-sized chunk of cash which is simply -gone- due to demographic changes and the unwillingness of politicians to fund what they have "promised".
No one under 50-55 is ever going to get back what they have paid in, and the sooner this is faced the better for all concerned.
In order to make SocSec solvent, there must be either large tax increases on the young (which will not be reflected in their eventual benefits) or large benefit cuts (approx 20%) on recipients.
I would prefer the latter, and across the board rather than means tested.
How about freeing us from Social Security. Shut it down.
Pray America is waking
I guess they’ll have to rework the mortality tables and put in tiered benefits so that the minorities get their fair share!! (/s)
A lot of freepers are suggesting it is okay for “means testing”. Any way you try to rationalize it, that is wealth redistribution and a socialist ideology! It is my money that went into the system, and I don’t cotton to supporting you in your old age! You might as well vote democrat if you support socialist progressive theft!
How about first eliminating government waste and fraud, streamlining welfare and entitlement programs (not SSN, which people DID pay into) by bringing back work search requirements, and bringing back jobs to American businesses so that folks that want to work actually can work, vs. being dependent upon big government? And how about cutting all those millions (billions?) in foreign aid and bribes to nations like Iran? Oh...I guess that’s out of the question and an unpopular agenda item with leftists and RINOs like Donut-Boy Christie.
Nevermind.
The SS tax was never intended to finance SS. It was put there in order to foster the lie that SS was “insurance.” Thus, the beneficiaries would scream bloody murder if SS was ever threatened. IT’S MY MONEY! I PAID IN!!!
SS was created to give the Democrats a big stick they could beat Republicans with for at least a century. THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR SOSHCURITY!!!
Politically, SS can never be reformed or “saved.” The only solution to SS is that one day, the bureaucrats will push the button to print the checks, and nothing will come out.