Folks please. Lets not go off half cocked.
All they are planning to do is raise the retirement age to 150, and lower the thresh-hold to get welfare to anyone with a pulse, that hasn’t turned 65 yet.
Very simple really...
And if you’re an illegal, you also get free health-care and education breaks citizens can’t get.
What’s all the fuss? /s
A lot of people forget that when SS was started, the average lifespan was BELOW the age at which retirements kicked in.
I’m almost 57 now. I’d be all for increasing the minimum age for SS benefits to 70 and “early retirement” to 67.
I try not to vote my wallet, but vote what is “fair”.
There's some historical precedent for that. :) In 1935, when Social Security was passed, the average male lived to age 59. In essence, the entire Social Security Act was based on the idea that only a tiny minority of citizens would live long enough to collect benefits.
Clearly, we need more people to die at younger ages. /s
Also planning to cut COLA’s. We haven’t had a cost of living raise in 2 years. How do you cut nothing?