Even Pat Toomey, who ran the Club for Growth, is too afraid to say in public that he wants to turn over Social Security to Wall Street -- Toomeys actual plan is privatizing Social Security by handing it over to Wall Street. He does not say that, however, and his silence is deafening.
Source:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/20/894663/-PA-Sen:-Blood-in-the-water-on-Social-Security
Recently, House minority leader John Boehner proposed the retirement age be increased from 67 to 70 to help fix Social Security.
Is this a fair solution?
Source:
http://www.gobankingrates.com/retirement/is-increasing-retirement-age-fair/
Pete Peterson-funded America Speaks will be hosting 20 meetings, asking people to come up with proposals for the budget deficit.
The way the problem is outlined guarantees that most opt for big cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The results of this song-and-dance exercise will then be presented to Pres. Obama's fiscal responsibility commission.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/america-speaks-back-derai_b_619465.html
