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  • We Must Alter Soc Sec, Rangel Says (Cut Benefits, Raise Retirement Age)

    11/29/2006 2:38:22 PM PST · by RWR8189 · 213 replies · 3,926+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | November 29, 2006 | Celeste Katz
    Raising retirement age or reducing benefits can't be ruled out if the Social Security system is to be saved from going bust, Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday. "All of these things are on the table to find some way to make certain that Social Security is solvent," said Rangel, who is poised to take control of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. Rangel (D-Harlem) discussed the fate of Social Security - which some have estimated will have a cash-flow problem as soon as 2017 and run out of money by 2040 - during a Manhattan breakfast talk sponsored by...