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2. republican-plans-to-raise-retirement-age-fall-heavily-on-poor
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:25 AM
Oct 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-13/republican-plans-to-raise-retirement-age-fall-heavily-on-poor?cmpid=BBD101315_POL

Social Security, which set retirement at 65 when enacted as a cornerstone of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, is credited with eradicating widespread poverty among the elderly.
Republican presidential candidates’ rationale for raising the retirement age, that we’re all living longer, holds true for those with multiple diplomas, homes in safe neighborhoods and a plan for golden-age leisure. In other words, for the wealthy.

Clinton has yet to stake out a position on retirement age during this campaign. In 2007, she said raising it was unacceptable. Democratic rivals Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley favor boosting Social Security benefits and leaving the age alone.


Anybody here depend on Social Security? Anybody here think Social Security won't be there for you when you retire? Do you know anybody in "forced early retirement" well under the eligibility age for Social Security? Will Social Security matter at all to you or your family?

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