Rep. Bill Cassidy, who is the regular Republican running against Sen. Mary Landrieu (they're joined by tea party candidate Rob Maness) showed his Republican stripes and his hostility to Social Security in a debate Tuesday night. Cassidy, of course, maintained that the way to preserve Social Security for seniors is to take it away from soon-to-be-seniors.
The most robust exchanges of the night took place when the three candidates argued about how to keep federal benefits for seniors—like Social Security and Medicare—solvent.
On Social Security, Cassidy is in favor of raising the minimum age for receiving Social Security benefits to 70 years old, but only for people who are currently young and can prepare for their retirement accordingly, he said.
Both Landrieu and Maness were adamant people should not have to wait until 70 to receive their Social Security payments. "People cannot work until they're 70 and I think that is very bad policy," Landrieu said.
Yep, it's very bad policy, largely because most people can't work until they're 70. It's a Social Security cut, plain and simple, and it's a way to try to drive people into putting retirement savings into the stock market, in hopes that they'll have something to live off of in the years that they can't work and are waiting for benefits.
my thought goes to whether these republicans have given it a thought that if they were to win and implement this on Americans who have and have not planned on traditional retirement age? their whole lives would be turned upside down savings and plans would have to change just as they really can't predict the economy at their particular retirement age going till 70 would be even more unpredictable especially if republicans are steering us back to their favorite ditch.
health care issues are a major concern because if they do get the keys they will kill it as we know it now, Ryan's voucher plan will put us in a worst place then before it's inadequate. that brings me to that party of stupid thing, they too will be subject to their own laws repressive health care will drain them as well as the rest of us, wait till they find out that vouchers won't work at retirement time they will have changed it to further advantage ins. co.'s.
or is it even more devious majority of them are 70 or close and they would walk away with all the goodies including our footing their retirement when they just gave us their foot. recognize Nov. 4th
