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Ensuring there's enough money to pay for the war will require reforming the country's entitlement system, Boehner said. He said he'd favor increasing the Social Security retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, tying cost-of-living increases to the consumer price index rather than wage inflation and limiting payments to those who need them.
"We need to look at the American people and explain to them that we're broke," Boehner said. "If you have substantial non-Social Security income while you're retired, why are we paying you at a time when we're broke? We just need to be honest with people.
Nancy Pelosi supports that idea too doesn't she? Are you as critical of her as well?
Edit: I see that she is opposed to the idea. My bad. As for how I feel about it, I think it probably should stay as is. I want to be able to ENJOY my retirement while I can still have some fun at least.
50 years, really, I'd like a list of every time they stopped it, can you provide that, or are you just going to invoke an actor that had little to no political pull?
Out of the last 40 years, Republicans have held Congress for 8 of them.. thats 20% of the time.. Your not trying to blame Republicans for this, are you?
Out of the last 40 years, Republicans have held Congress for 8 of them.. thats 20% of the time.. Your not trying to blame Republicans for this, are you?
Still doesn't mean they blocked anything, just means it wasn't put forward.
Still doesn't mean they blocked anything, just means it wasn't put forward.
Here is one such example being put forward.. Will it be blocked?
btw, this shows why SS is a scam, they promise you retirement age at x, you pay a tax your whole life, and when you reach x, you find out you now need to work another x years...
SCAM.. Why so many dont save up for their own retirement I'll never understand.
Can't back up your assertions, got ya. You made the claim, you back it up.
LOL you wanna link to prove the moon isnt green cheese too?
silly.
maybe your too young to have heard it all but ive been around long enough to remember reform efforts going back to Reagan in the 80's and dems blocking everything.
"gottalink" if failed. anyone who has been engaged knows full well republicans have been saying we are headed into the ditch and dems have blocked every effort to fix it.
LOL you wanna link to prove the moon isnt green cheese too?
silly.
maybe your too young to have heard it all but ive been around long enough to remember reform efforts going back to Reagan in the 80's and dems blocking everything.
"gottalink" if failed. anyone who has been engaged knows full well republicans have been saying we are headed into the ditch and dems have blocked every effort to fix it.
not playing with you dude.
Just like the Dems tried blocking all sorts of reform under Clinton, and then took credit for the results.. Hillary Clinton herself was blaming Republicans for wanting to kick people off of SS back then and force seniors to eat pet food..
Here is one such example being put forward.. Will it be blocked?
btw, this shows why SS is a scam, they promise you retirement age at x, you pay a tax your whole life, and when you reach x, you find out you now need to work another x years...
SCAM.. Why so many dont save up for their own retirement I'll never understand.
Thats now, not the last 50 years. And its because of the lack of compromise from either party that we find ourselves in this situation.
I blame both parties, my problem is when someone says "Well those democrats did x" and they didn't do that. Lets place the blame squarely on the shoulders of where it belongs, both parties. Bushes idea sucked, and that was the best Republican idea for reforming it? Really?
Boehner's idea is ok, and I support raising the retirement age, but it prolongs the problem, doesn't fix it. And it doesn't prolong it for long.
LOL you wanna link to prove the moon isnt green cheese too?
silly.
maybe your too young to have heard it all but ive been around long enough to remember reform efforts going back to Reagan in the 80's and dems blocking everything.
"gottalink" if failed. anyone who has been engaged knows full well republicans have been saying we are headed into the ditch and dems have blocked every effort to fix it.
not playing with you dude.
More assertions, and no examples, I love it.
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