[Wisconsinlady]

Waah, waah. Don’t get to retire at 55. I will be LUCKY if I can quit when I’m 70.

[uncommonsense]

And the government(s) want to ban salt and trans-fats...!

[tflabo]

If our greedy and corrupt US congress both past and present didn’t raid Social Security and left it as a true fund then perhaps we wouldn’t be in a similar pickle too. How much more can the retirement age be raised? 70? They would rather you work and then die-—leave all your paid in contributions to the illegals and loafers—all who vote for the Dems!

[Bean Counter]

I would support raising the retirement age, along with a modest trim in Social Security benefits, and I am on SS myself. I also think that we need to give younger people a way to opt out if they want, but only if they have another guaranteed alternative.

We have to address this here in the US if for no other reason that people are living so much longer than when the system was put into place. If we are going to hang on to Social Security, and I see no possible way it is going to stop any time soon, then we also need to raise the wage cap on deductions along with a number of other real reforms.

Yes, I am aware of how unpopular these ideas are, but we have been battling over this same issue for decades and have accomplished little in real reform. Social Security is going to be here to stay for some time yet, so we have to consider real reforms, and that includes cuts to current recipients no matter how painful. Everyone is taking multiple financial hits, and nobody is immune.

One of the only people who has shown any guts on this matter in my view has been Marco Rubio, and he is really drawing some clear distinctions between him and Charlie Crist over this very issue. Rubio seems to be well insulated from that proverbial third rail...

[Post Toasties]

We had a nationalized health care loving contract employee from Ireland for a while where I work who told me a big lie that Sarkozy was going to raise the retirement age in France to 75. Telling each other ridiculous lies like this keeps their faith based Leftism going, I guess.

[eyedigress]

Countries from Britain to Greece are also grappling with declining populations,,,

Abortion affects all life and it a simple fact